Riding the shotgun mommy seat and loving it!

It’s snowed in Ashland, Oregon on this morning!  It’s Tuesday, March 30.  Wintery spring!

So we’re in a hotel room in a different time zone watching television that is outside our usual habits.  There is a show on now about animals, who have tires instead of legs and live in a jungle even though some are farm animals.  Right now the crab is juggling and making fruit smoothies for [...]

So here I am alone at a table with my laptop, oh wait I’m not alone, they’re baaaaack.  The Husband and My Kid went shopping between the time that we ordered and our food which hasn’t come yet. It is very strange to sit in a restaurant in the middle of an airport terminal. It’s [...]

A friend posted on her facebook page: “Despite months of high dose chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiation, there is still residual tumor left. Meeting with surgeon on Monday to discuss options. what a bummer” !

Two minutes till ten and My Kid is still packing.  I haven’t yet packed for myself.  I’m not going get to go to my Pilates class tomorrow am I? Nope. The hamster needs new bedding before we go…

Tomorrow evening we going to flying to Portland, Oregon for Spring Break. I forgot all about packing! Organize! Focus!

I wish I knew how to work my camera/computer combination so I could post a photo of the cute blue and yellow tent shaped promotional invitation to Cirque du Soleil’s new show OVO beginning April 9. I remember when we were devoted viewers of Varekai – Fire Within on the BRAVO channel during the 2002-03 [...]

I took myself all the way up to Madison Square Garden to buy tickets to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus which we will attend on the evening of Easter Sunday.  I like to look at the map of the seats because I like to try and get seats on the front track. [...]

While visiting with a friend who has recently moved to New York, I remembered how hard it was for me to do. Family events have taken the wind out of her sails. 9/11 did that for us and for everyone. But, those who stay on and survive. They become New Yorkers.