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Yes, today marks Noah’s Ark Day. Officially 40 days and 40 nights until the due date of little “Twitchy”, as projected by the lovely sonogram-ologist in that first trimester. The closer the date comes, the further it gets. A very wise woman I know theorized, the only way you’d get the pregnant women to the…
Christmas Eve found us at our favorite and nearest Sushi/Thai restaurant in Grasonville, Maryland called Cafe Sado. I love their modern decor and ambiance. Plus no cooking for Christmas Eve. And an opportunity to get out after three days spent cooped up in the house. Remember the “Now we have only one car” factor. The…
My definition of Christmas is the Holy Spirit of Creativity. Every year I aspire to get lost and recover there. This year, my inspiration comes from what I’ve been pinning on my paper Pinterest board. My blog Moodboard begot the folded fan butterflies. The butterflies were then incorporated into the leaf wreaths and gifted to friends….
This morning I was asking my husband what he thought of as a visual for good fortune, as this is my friend’s blog picture post theme. “A person walking away from a mangled car”, he offered. And, now thinking about it, I’d offer up a picture of me pregnant for that matter. COMPUTER VIRUSES Sadly,…
This year’s Thanksgiving was a destination holiday for us. We returned to our favorite Holiday Inn at the Boardwalk and 17th Street in Ocean City, Maryland. The last time I was pregnant, we were here and so, this being a last opportunity to spend a holiday away before baby two comes found us in our…
Luck has been my lady tonight and this morning and last week. Three lucky happenstances I want to share with everyone. Tonight I found the recipe that I had misplaced. On a hunch, I searched the gourmet.com site leading me to epicurious.com and I found my beloved Fresh Salmon Salad with Chickpeas and Tomatoes here….
I am amused, tickled, and sometimes irked at the resurgence in popularity of the Ball jar. I have always had a ‘thing’ for these glass canning containers. As a shop owner of a gift and antiques store, they were a staple. I always scarfed up box loads full of ball jars when I came across…
We had a very important party to attend this past Saturday night. Hurricane or not, we were headed towards the Pennsylvania line with housewarming gift and costumes in our trunk. We’d even booked a room at a hotel. So despite the impending doom of Frankenstorm, off we zoomed, even as we realized we didn’t have…
When we last held our one way internet conversation via blog post, I was describing the butt whooping I had from a project I was undertaking. This homework assignment for my blogging e-course was to create a ‘Moodboard” that reflected, ideally, how I wanted my blog to look and feel. I have paid money for…
Many others suffer from the same love/passion/obsessive compulsive disorder of redecorating for seasons/holidays/bouts with boredom (/ wrists) as I do. So here came the fall/Halloween season and I still hadn’t brought the boxes down from the attic. No excuse is ever good enough but here’s mine. Since I’m four and a half months pregnant in…
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