Winter Harvest, Spring Seedlings
Busy week! Half-days for the kids every day except today. A doctor’s appointment that was canceled, then rescheduled, then attended, but which ultimately was a waste of time (daughter wouldn’t […]
Busy week! Half-days for the kids every day except today. A doctor’s appointment that was canceled, then rescheduled, then attended, but which ultimately was a waste of time (daughter wouldn’t […]
My next-door neighbors just finished installing a fence. Instead of no fence at all, now their whole back yard is fenced in. It’s a nice fence, and I know they […]
Who else is watching The People Vs. O.J. Simpson? I love it. I guess it’s been so long since the trial now that there is a lot I’ve forgotten, so […]
I made my first turkey yesterday. It came out perfect, nice and juicy. The only downside that I can see so far is that the house still smells like turkey, […]
I don’t know about you, but I don’t feel like doing s—. today. And by that, I mean I don’t feel like doing any s— for other people. I’ll do […]
Today (Monday) I had jury duty, but in a stroke of luck, all of us were dismissed at 11:15 a.m. without being called for any trials at all. I’m grateful because […]
Live from the Lady Lair tm once again. I LOVE THIS ROOM! I have an ambitious dinner planned: roast beef, which I’ve never made before; Yorkshire pudding (ditto); and scalloped […]
It’s almost September, summer is more or less over for me, and it’s time to get back to reality and stop living in vacationland. This means: Tracking the budget. I […]
Vacation is over, I am sad. Whenever I come back home from the beach, my town seems positively Midwestern. But it’s just inland N.J. in the summer: buggy, humid, blah. […]
Yesterday the two little kids and I finally visited the Whole Foods Market that opened near us at the end of June. I went in with a short list of […]