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Adventuring
We went adventuring this weekend, following Neil to Maryland for CapClave, and then going off on our own with our friend Jenn and her little girls to see a few of the sights of Washington DC. The boys had never been there before, and had never taken a ride on the Metro (or any other [...]
continue reading "Adventuring"Sunday in the Swamp
Today was a beautiful and warm October Sunday. My children were content to spend a lazy afternoon in their PJ’s playing video games, but me? Not so much. So I grabbed my camera and went solo to one of the prettiest places I know: The Great Swamp Wildlife Refuge. Do you see the frog in [...]
continue reading "Sunday in the Swamp"Riding the rails
Last weekend we took a train ride. We missed the first leg of the journey – the train chugged right past us, as we were pulling into the station – but we went up and got our prepaid tickets from the counter anyway, and were told that we could meet up with the train in [...]
continue reading "Riding the rails"Wife of a 45-year-old
Somebody had a birthday around here this week. It wasn’t my birthday, but I got the urge to cut my hair in celebration anyway. Six inches, gone. I also got the urge to treat the birthday boy to a night out. I dropped the kids off at my in-laws’ house, booked us a nice hotel [...]
continue reading "Wife of a 45-year-old"Spontaneity
Who decides at 7pm to take a road trip to the beach for ice cream? We do!! It takes a little over an hour in the car. We park in Ocean Grove, walk down the boardwalk into Asbury Park, choose our flavors, sit on a bench and watch the ocean with our rapidly-melting treats, take [...]
continue reading "Spontaneity"Waiting for the fireworks
If you find yourself faced with a long wait in a crowded park, anticipating Fourth of July fireworks, might I suggest bringing along a diversion like this one? My parents took us all out to their local fireworks on Thursday night, and along with a few bottles of cold water, my mother brought the old [...]
continue reading "Waiting for the fireworks"Small-batch jam-making
We visited the farm today. We saw some chicks, fed some ducks, bought some fruit… You may remember I’ve mentioned in the past that my bread machine has a jam cycle? It makes roughly 2-3 cups of jam per batch, which means that I can keep a little bit for myself in the fridge, and [...]
continue reading "Small-batch jam-making"Ocean City
At the risk of winning the “longest time between experiencing the event and blogging about it” award, I thought I’d show you some pictures from our annual Ocean City getaway. Almost a month ago. We drove down on Friday afternoon, right after school let out, enjoyed a sunny Saturday, a cloudy Sunday, a rainy Monday, [...]
continue reading "Ocean City"The dawn of a new age
Oh, there is so much to catch up on! I was away for a four-day weekend at the shore, which was very nice as it always is, and now I am sitting here looking at laundry, an empty refrigerator, and a handful of projects that needed to be done “yesterday.” I suppose that is the [...]
continue reading "The dawn of a new age"Weekending
We had a beautiful weekend here, filled with family, celebrating, day-tripping, and beautiful weather. Eamonn had his First Communion on Saturday, and on Sunday Neil suggested we take a trip to New Hope, PA. New Hope is just the kind of tourist-trap town Neil (along with the little men we live with) don’t particularly care [...]
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