As part of a larger campaign to improve my health and lose some weight, I've come to the depressing conclusion that I need to give up drinking Diet Pepsi ( Read more... )

So Michigan was a blast. It was good to get away and spend some time with my grandparents and aunt and uncle. But after three days of drinking and boating and swimming, grim reality comes flooding back ( Read more... )

Fall is coming! This is my favorite time of year. I don't know why I'm so pleased for this fall, though; this summer has been pretty crappy, weatherwise. It's been cold and kind of rainy. But this time last year we were running up til the wedding so a lot of last fall is a blur ( Read more... )

Today was my grandfather's 80th birthday and we celebrated with a cookout at my aunt and uncle's (well really it was takeout from White Fence Farm, and the pulled pork my dad made, along with the beans my mom left in Aunt Nancy's oven and forgot about until about 9 p.m., when we got our second snacking wind with ice cream and.....beans ( Read more... )