To my readers, that is if I have any left. First of all I must apologize for my absence, not even a quick post saying I’m still here just very busy. What can I say other than sometimes life gets in the way of blogging and sometimes the human soul needs a break to re-think [...]
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Posted in Family, Travel on May 21st, 2008
I’m in the midst of packing for my flight tomorrow to NC where my Daughter and S-I-L live. They are attending a wedding this weekend on Long Island which means I finally get to baby-sit!! This will be parents first time away from the baby who is almost 5 months old and first time for [...]
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Posted in Family, Travel on Jan 28th, 2008
Just a quick post to let you know I’ll be gone for the rest of the week. Leaving tomorrow morning for NC. Baby Cora will be 4 weeks old and it’s been 3 since I’ve last seen her. I can’t wait to see how much she has changed in 3 weeks! The only downside to [...]
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Posted in Family, News, Politics on Jan 24th, 2008
Well that was quick! The Bush administration and law makers finally agreed on something in a timely fashion! 117 million families will be receiving rebate checks and businesses incentives to invest in equipment. Under the plan, individuals would receive rebates of up to $600 and couples could receive $1,200, plus $300 per child. Rebates would [...]
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Posted in Family, Travel on Jan 11th, 2008
Did you think I up and disappeared on you? For those that follow my blog you know that I was anxiously awaiting for “the call”. It came on New Year’s Eve around 5:00 saying she had been in labor all day and was heading to the hospital. Well that certainly put hubby and me in [...]
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Posted in Blogging, Family, Holidays, Weather on Dec 12th, 2007
Wow has it really been 8 days since I’ve posted anything here? Tis the season and I’m sure like many others, blogging moves down on the list of importance. I won’t complain about the snow and ice and frigid temperatures because it pales in comparison to those hit by the ice storm in Oklahoma. 610,000 [...]
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Sometimes those old fashioned cures and remedies passed down from Grandma are ‘right on’! It was reported in the news today that honey may work just as well or better than children’s cough syrups, which have been pulled from the market. In a study of kids having trouble sleeping because of cough, a research team [...]
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Posted in Family, Musings, Pets, Travel on Nov 26th, 2007
Thanksgiving is over and I am back in Michigan. What a lot of traveling in the last few days, about 1400 miles of driving. Poor hub still has to get back to DC today so his traveling is not over yet. All went well in North Carolina. It was wonderful seeing Sarah and her husband [...]
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Hello my friends. Once again I am hitting the road tomorrow for Thanksgiving traveling. Not sure which is worse, flying or driving? Since we’re going to be gone several days we’re going with driving. While watching the NBC evening news tonight there was a segment on holiday/travel/flying/TSA and how to speed up the boarding process. [...]
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Posted in Family, Musings, Pets, Travel on Nov 7th, 2007
Well did you think I wasn’t coming back or lost the way to my blog? Nah not a chance. Where to start? The flight down was not the best but I got there safely so that’s all that really matters. I’m on the plane and they close the doors for take off and we sit [...]
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