Tag: marriage

These are a few of my fa-vor-ite B’s~revised

by Karen, posted in books, family, health

When you have to schedule a not-so-fun medical or dental procedure on your day off, it can be hard not to look at the day as a total loss. If I can schedule it for earlier in the day rather than later, that helps some; at least I don't spend the whole day with a … Continue reading These are a few of my fa-vor-ite B’s~revised

Eat, Pray, Love

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, books, italian, movies, no fear

  Eat, Pray, Love came to theaters in movie form on August 13, 2010.  If you read the book by Elizabeth Gilbert (published by Viking in February 2006) like I did, you may have been eagerly anticipating the release of this movie. I know I certainly was.   Then I saw a trailer for the movie, and … Continue reading Eat, Pray, Love

Plans that don’t work out

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, local fun, restaurants, tweens

We decided to head over to Shaw's Ridge Farm Ice Cream, BBQ, and Mini-Golf a few days ago. I'd been wanting to go there for weeks and we finally had a day off together to go. I looked it up online, got directions, and saw that it opened at "11AM daily", but somehow missed the … Continue reading Plans that don’t work out

Late summer date night

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, local fun, restaurants

When you have a babysitter, it's a shame to waste the opportunity to go out with your spouse.  We only had a little lead time (once we knew we had the babysitter) to organize the date, but we put our heads together and came up with a plan. First, we headed to Scarborough Downs. We … Continue reading Late summer date night

Sad day for tomatoes

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, education, family, gardening, raising chickens

Well, I have some distressing news today: they have come. The dreaded tomato horned worm has invaded my tomato garden. In all of the years that I've been growing tomatoes, this is a (terrible) first. I guess it's true: if you plant it, they will come.  It's especially depressing because (for once!) this has such … Continue reading Sad day for tomatoes

Grazing date night

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family, italian, restaurants

For our wedding anniversary this year we had some big plans to eat out at a nice Italian restaurant near our home. We had been talking about it for several days, but when the time came to get ready to go, we hesitated. "I'm not that hungry", my husband said. "We don't have to eat … Continue reading Grazing date night

Backyard date

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, family

Maybe you leave for work very early in the morning, and return home late in the evening...and maybe you have a significant other that you would like to have date-time with, at least once in a while! What do you do? Well, the situation demands creativity on the part of the couple, no question. Tonight, … Continue reading Backyard date

no umbrella big enough

by Karen, posted in news

sandra bullock got some interesting news from her publicist the other day. the man she was seated across the breakfast table from was not the same man that she married. you know...at the wedding. who promised (one would assume) fidelity for more than one month of the year. it was a courtesy call about an upcoming … Continue reading no umbrella big enough