Almost a year ago, my daughter decided to become a vegetarian. While I respected the motivation behind her decision, I was a little bit worried about how I was going to feed my family. We had finally gotten to a place where I could make ONE dinner and everyone would eat it. But my husband …
Last week we spent fall break in California, looking at colleges. At this point in H’s college search, we’re narrowing the list down, instead of adding to it. There were six colleges she was strongly interested in before the trip, and afterwards, there were only two. One thing I learned about California…specifically the Los Angeles and …
We’re back in NC. J’s birthday was yesterday, and we decided to do a quick trip up here to meet with the architect and designer for our new house, and hopefully see the beginning of the fall colors. The fall here is my absolute favorite time of year. We couldn’t have picked a better weekend. …
Whew…what a crazy few months it’s been. Updating this blog has had to take a backseat to family stuff, and some health stuff. Hopefully things are settling down now so I can write more regularly. I’ve had so many people ask about my health I thought I should just explain it all here… Two and …
Somewhere in the last two or three years, my 17 year old daughter has become her own person. I can’t pinpoint when it happened. It had to be more gradual than overnight, but at some point she stopped loving all the same things that we did. Sure, we still like to do some of the …
We celebrated my dad’s 75th birthday last night with almost all his siblings and spouses, which is all he wanted to do. It was such a nice evening, and reminded me of how much my family means to me. When I was growing up, my dad was my touchstone. He was the one I measured …
This morning I drove to Franklin to take a silversmithing class…something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. It was in one of the many gated communities that have sprung up along Hillsboro road…nice homes, small yards, little to no trees, but in the safety of a gated community. When H was little I …
Final Curves at the bottom of “Longshot” We spent our spring break snow skiing in Snowmass, Colorado, a tradition in our family for the last ten years. Even though my daughter, H, is 17 and most of her friends are at the beach, she still prefers skiing with her parents (horror!) because she loves it …
Twenty two years ago, I met a boy. He made me laugh the first time we met. He was very different from the guys I had dated, because he was so open and didn’t hide from his feelings. In fact, from the very first day we met, I have never wondered where I stood with …
I’m writing this post in bed, under the covers, at 1:00 in the afternoon. I’ve been here since Sunday night, with some kind of funky lower respiratory infection that I picked up this weekend. I hate being sick…can’t remember the last time I felt so bad that I stayed in bed more than a day. …