Fresh Starts

"Fresh starts. Thanks to the calendar they happen every year --just set your watch to January, our reward for surviving the holiday season is a new year. Bringing on the great tradition of new years resolutions, put your past behind you and start over. It's hard to resist the chance of a new beginning, a chance to put the problems of last year to bed."Meredith Grey, "Grey's Anatomy" … [Read more...]

Kidlet update

So, the kids are in Connecticut with my parents. They made it safe & sound to my sister's house late in the afternoon on New Year's Eve. They survived driving north on the New Jersey Turnpike in the snow. They made it through crazy holiday traffic. And, they even survived a trip to the mall in Danbury, CT in order to outfit my kids with proper winter gear (thank goodness...my kids don't own boots made to be worn in the snow!).The kids made snow angels in my sister's front yard on NYE. Aidan conked out well before midnight and Malia stayed up to watch The Jonas Brothers on the Dick Clark NYE special (speaking of Dick Clark, oh, how my heart ached for that man when I saw him on television). Malia called just after midnight to wish Adam and I a very happy new year. She was drinking … [Read more...]