Unplugged

Happy Birthday Jon & Megan!

September 24, 2011 Unplugged

Twenty-one years ago today, my little twins, Jon and Megan (not so little now) were born. I wrote last week about Megan and now it’s Jon’s turn. Jon and Megan’s entrance into the world couldn’t be more different. After Megan came flying out to meet us, Jon decided he liked the extra luxury space, stretched [...]

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Ciao Bella!

September 17, 2011 Unplugged

Next weekend my twins, Megan and Jon, turn 21 and I’m sitting here scratching my head wondering how 21 years went by so quickly. Megan (and Jon) arrived 4 weeks early. Megs came flying into the world, only an hour after we made it to the hospital and you could say she’s been flying ever [...]

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Thoughts on 9/11

September 11, 2011 Unplugged

Twice in my life I’ve stood in the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence looking at Michelangelo’s David. The first time, in 1978, I was 19-years-old, traveling through Europe with a backpack and $500 in my pocket. I cried when I saw the statue. The second time was on the morning of September 11, 2001. I cried [...]

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A Just the Right City – Boston

August 20, 2011 Unplugged

Alan and I recently returned from our first trip to Boston and Cape Cod, an area that’s long been on our bucket list of places to visit. Although now we can cross it off our list, all I can say is I hope we go there again and again and if you haven’t been there, [...]

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Just the Right T-Shirt

August 12, 2011 Unplugged

I spotted this t-shirt at the airport in Milwaukee…

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For the Love of To Do Lists

July 22, 2011 Home

A year ago my daughter, Julie, and I went to Washington D.C. and visited The National Portrait Gallery. There are hundreds of wonderful paintings there but the exhibition that struck my fancy was entitled, Lists: To-dos, Illustrated Inventories, Collected thoughts, and Other Artists’ Enumeration from the Smithsonians’ Archives of American Art. I can tell you [...]

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More Summertime Happiness

June 14, 2011 Unplugged

I’m reading the book The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. (I read her blog as she was writing the book and wrote about it here.) Gretchen spent a year researching happiness because she, well, wanted to be happier. Joy, my good friend and Best Next Door Neighbor In The World gave me this book. And…wait [...]

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Summertime, and the Learning Is Easy

June 1, 2011 Home

The wind made our annual walk through the Boulder Creek Fest mighty unbearable on Monday. Very Excellent Husband Don and I agreed that while some people prefer cool weather and some like it hot, no one wakes up in the morning and goes, “Man, I hope it’s really windy today – that would make my [...]

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Socks – Wadded Balls of Generational Discontent

May 25, 2011 Unplugged

Now that all three kids are back under our roof (welcome home, Libby!) I, guided by nothing but sheer instinct, started changing my household habits. Subtle tweaks are being made to laundry, grocery shopping, and cleaning routines to keep up with all the action under our roof. Cleaning the public spaces of our home to [...]

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I’m On A Roll

May 23, 2011 Unplugged

As those of you who know me personally can attest, I am frequently cursed with either NO ideas or TOO MANY ideas running through my brain at any given time. This, of course, frequently makes logical/rational thought almost impossible. Most often, too many ideas sit in my brain’s driver’s seat at around 5am. What an [...]

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