When Bryn was much younger, she often used to get very frustrated and proclaim, "I hate this day!"

That's how I felt today.

• I got up later than I'd like, so we didn't start school until 11:45am.
• Before 11:45am, I spent an hour making breakfast, then making another one when Bryn didn't want the first one, then bugging her to take her vitamins, then ( Read more... )

My goodness, I haven't posted since July? Where did the time go? Well, it went to some bad things and some good things, but the point is, I'm back.

This weekend I had a garage sale with some friends. I don't have them often, but when I do I always try to plan them for the weekend of the Clothesline Festival because all of the foot traffic goes ( Read more... )

I’ve just had two whole days to myself! The kids are off at camp and Jason is at a conference. That has never happened before. Everyone will be back tomorrow, but until then, I’m reveling in my newfound freedom. Here’s what I’ve done ( Read more... )

Don't forget to turn your clocks ahead one hour tonight. Hooray for extra Daylight Savings Time ( Read more... )

Dear dumb thief who stole our mailboxes right off our front porch this afternoon between 1-2:00pm,

Are you the same dumb thief who stole Scott's broken Pampered Chef cookie scoop out of his car? Because I can only assume that once you realized that the cookie scoop was broken, you promptly returned it to Pampered Chef and requested a new one. But ( Read more... )

I've just had the most lovely bath. I only take relaxation baths about once a year. They're just not my thing. But I spent several hours doing yardwork this afternoon and then helped Jason wire some new lights in our basement, so I really needed a good soak. I took in a book and my iPod with me, but I ended up just doing nothing, floating in the ( Read more... )

As part of his retirement, my dad has recently joined the Rochester Oratorio Society. I didn't even know this group existed, but it's a very large choir that gives periodic concerts of classical music. He had to audition for it and even though he's had 39 years of music teaching experience, says he still feels like a rookie compared to the other ( Read more... )

So, while I was in Warren this weekend I went around to all the old haunts and took pictures. You knew I would. Took my kids to play on the playgrounds I used to play on as a kid and made them stand in front of my old house and took pictures of them. And then, since it didn't appear that anyone was home, I skulked about for a little bit and tried ( Read more... )

Took the kids to Darien Lake Amusement Park today with the free tickets that Jaron earned in his reading program last year. The weather looked very iffy and there were dark clouds all day, but it didn't rain at all until just as we were leaving around 6pm. And since it's a weekday and the weather didn't look good, there was hardly anyone there. No ( Read more... )

A man at my office today came up and said that he liked my short haircut, for which I thanked him. Then he said “I like short hair on women. Whenever a woman gets her hair cut short, I try to make it a point to tell her, because I think sometimes women think that men don’t like short hair on women ( Read more... )