Yesterday, my family attended NYCC Kids, a part of Comic Con, as guests of General Mills and DC Entertainment through MyBlogSpark. We had heard about the popular event in past years, but we weren’t really “into” comics and superheroes. Recently, … Read More
Last night, I became really sad – unexpectedly so – when I heard that Steve Jobs, the co-founder of Apple, had passed away. Of course it is always sad when anyone passes away, but this was a bit deeper. Initially, … Read More
Along with happy memories, we brought some local produce back home from our camping trip in the Adirondacks…including a HUGE zucchini. Let’s just say that by the end of the week, we were all “zucchinied” out for a while. I … Read More
Congrats to the winner…LaMont! Last month, I attended an event hosted by Season of Savings. It was held at Tony’s Di Napoli, a really great family style Italian restaurant in midtown Manhattan. (If you can deal with the midtown crowds, … Read More
Of everything that we did while at Camp Orenda in the Adirondacks, hiking was the only thing that we would have done by ourselves anyway. The difference is that we would have not known where to hike without the expertise … Read More
Have you ever slept outside in a tent? Well, even though Camp Orenda had custom made canvas tent cabins, I insisted that we sleep in The North Face tent that Jessica had sent us during our camping trip. She had … Read More
Whew! We made it through the first day of school today…and it was wonderful. How was it for you and your little ones? Today was much better than yesterday when I was in a really funky mood that I just … Read More
Do you ever eat frozen meals? Personally, I rarely do. It’s not that I especially have a problem with them, it’s just easier for me to cook. On nights when cooking doesn’t fit in my schedule and Reggie doesn’t want … Read More
Congrats to the winner: susan smoaks Zappos.com items I can hardly believe that the summer is almost over and school will be starting in around two weeks. Have you already done your “Back to School” shopping yet? We have already … Read More
On Wednesday, I took a break from camp work and spent some special time with each of my sons. Sean (4) was happy with a reading trip to Barnes & Noble followed by a Starbucks cookie treat. Then, Michael and … Read More