Ella taught herself to read this weekend. Not just some words, it seems she has digested the entire concept and is now employing that concept to read entirely ( Read more... )

A list of places I would love to go, in no particular order

Places I'd like to revisit that I've already been:

1.Badlands of South Dakota
2.Santa Cruz
3.Anywhere in the forests of the Pacific Northwest
4.Spain.....all of it
5. New Orleans
6. The Nachez Trace
7. The Smokey Mountains
8. Nashville <3 & Memphis ( Read more... )

Life threw me a curve ball a couple of weeks ago, but it's all turning out ok ( Read more... )

The best leftovers in the universe were made by my mother Barbara. She may have made me loose my mind a couple of times over this weekend, but she sure can cook. There really is nothing like her cooking. If New Jersey had a down home style, this would be it. She can cook a ham that takes hours and make it look like the blink of an eye. She can ( Read more... )

Hello Livejournal. I've missed you. Now that I am happy again I'll be trying to type to you now.

Hi everyone. I felt like connecting to livejournal land ( Read more... )

If you saw me in a police car, what would you think I got arrested for?


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I am feeling better about my situation ( Read more... )

Ella and I are having some good conversations.

Today I almost fell out of the rocking chair while she was playing on the other side of the room. She looked over at me and said " Be careful, Mommy! Be careful!" It was so cute.

The power trio of April, RedRider, and Qvalentine were together again last night briefly for some good food and great heartfelt discussions about how our lives have turned out. This is our 10th year as friends and a lot has changed. It was nice to chat with them and feel the love. We all met in grad school at The Ohio State University, we have all ( Read more... )