My brother-in-law is visiting with us for a couple of days this week (yes, on purpose!) but, I wasn't surprised to learn that he really didn't have any plans to go to the beach (or down the shore, if you're from Jersey) and, considering he's lived in Southern California for the last 20+ years, can you really blame him? So, yeah, our rocks actually do glow, you got a problem wit-dat? Besides, there are plenty of OTHER really cool places to visit here in Jersey (ARE SO!) especially, for BIG TIME history buffs like my brother-in-law (and me) so, when... Read more →

What you see is what you get and, well, it's our imperfections that make us unique...most especially, in the blogging world...yes? Read more →

Seriously, you cannot make this stuff up. #FUBAR! Read more →

On my the list of scariest words a parent will ever hear along with: what's ALL this hair doing in the bathroom?!? Read more →

The kids and I were sitting around the kitchen table -- actually, I was working on finalizing a few end of summer writing projects, while they hovered in and around my laptop, wondering out loud when, if ever, we would actually do something "fun" before school starts -- while we ALL reminisced about how much fun school "used" to be. Incredibly enough, my 13 year-old son actually admitted that he kind of liked going to school (if you have a son, especially between the ages of 10 and grown, then you know why this is so gosh-darned incredible) most especially,... Read more →

Talking on cell phones in public, don't be surprised if strangers join in on your conversation. Read more →

I drove my SIL into Massachusetts (my husband's aunt has been very ill and recovering in a nursing home) for what turned out to be a last-minute, don't-worry-we'll-just-go-ahead-and-cash-in-those-reward-points, road trip and clocked in nearly 700 miles this weekend. Boston: Old and New The thing with last-minute, don't-worry-etc-etc-type, road trips is that there is NEVER enough time to do ALL the things I really would like to do, whenever we do get up there. Boston: This Way and That Or whenevah yah up thah (if you're from Massachusetts) considering most of my husband's family lives in and around the Boston area... Read more →