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My New Year’s Word: February update

by Karen, posted in (it's all about the) food, books, education, family, my one word, Pantry Project, tweens

Okay, so it's March, not February. I meant to post this last month and just realized that I never did. One weekend, thinking about my New Year's word which, as you may recall is "Edit", I helped my daughter edit her room. We purchased risers to lift her bed up high enough to allow and … Continue reading My New Year’s Word: February update

Oh, Rob! (Picnic date night)

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

I admit it: I have crushes. All the time. My husband is pretty tolerant of them. He even produced a picture of Boston Rob for me for Christmas last year (downloaded from the internet and printed...in color!). I'm exceedingly happy now that Survivor is back with its new season, Redemption Island. For date night this particular week … Continue reading Oh, Rob! (Picnic date night)

What this woman got: Valentine edition, part 3

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

First order of business: skip the gym. My husband and I had planned to celebrate the day during the child-free hours we had, from 7am until about 3:30pm (the school day). There was a medical appointment (mine) at 10:30am, but that was quick and we didn't let it mess up our day. Which was good, … Continue reading What this woman got: Valentine edition, part 3

February date night

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

Well, it's been a while since we've been able to have a date night due to college classes resuming for our elder child (who babysits our younger child), but the planets aligned so we got our dinner and a movie. The dinner part was at Ruby's in York. We got the coupons from the SuperCoupons monthly mailer … Continue reading February date night

Snow day top 10 fun things to do (Part 2)!

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

Can you believe that we're (possibly) getting (yet) another storm tomorrow? Just in case you exhausted your personal Top 10 list of things to do, here's another bunch of ideas. Go sledding. By now, you (most likely) have piles of snow that are plenty big enough for the kids to sled on right in your yard. … Continue reading Snow day top 10 fun things to do (Part 2)!

The Chicken Whisperer

by Karen, posted in family, raising chickens

This morning, as I was rushing around the coop, trying to let the chickens out in their run, feed them, and give them a treat before I left for work, one of the smaller ones slipped past me and got out into the garage. I wasn't too concerned at first, hoping that she would hear … Continue reading The Chicken Whisperer

Grieving my dead relatives, Thanksgiving edition

by Karen, posted in good grief, Midlife Crisis

While driving home from work last night, I was thinking about something Mom and Dad, way back whenfrom my past and wondering if I should share it with my kids. Now that my parents are gone, I realize that there are lots of times when I have a question about their lives and am sad because there's … Continue reading Grieving my dead relatives, Thanksgiving edition

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

Signs (from the dead relatives)

by Karen, posted in family, good grief, tweens

Ever wrestle with a decision, wondering what is the right thing to do in any situation? Sometimes when that happens to me, I'll think, "What would my mother or father do?" or "What would Nana think about this?". Well, the other day I was going back on forth about something, then made my decision and … Continue reading Signs (from the dead relatives)

Blackberries!

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

After an exhaustive search of my own backyard for blackberries, my take consisted of a small handful of berries from    some low-growing vines that I discovered had wended their way among the blueberry bushes. These I ate before I even made it into the house.  My friend took pity on me. She invited me over to … Continue reading Blackberries!