May 30, 2010

All Weared Out

Virginia Fun Passes in hand, the three of us set out to Busch Gardens for the first time this year. That place is truly amazing — and gorgeous! Who needs Disney? It is no wonder it has won the &...
May 25, 2010

Been to the Jeff Lately?

We hadn’t been the the Jefferson Hotel there since their big LeMaire “makeover” last year, and it impressive! We went for Bernie’s birthday since it is one of his favorite plac...
May 15, 2010

Ever Been to Tallahassee?

It’s OK! I hadn’t, but now I’m a big fan! It is like Richmond in lots of ways — a small Southern city, a little known state capital, tons of history, lots of charming non-chain...
May 1, 2010

Financial Responsibility 101

Since the sun was so incredibly bright today, I took Sam into CVS to get some sunglasses. Lo and behold while we were there for all of five minutes, he found everything in the world that he wanted, ne...
Apr 22, 2010

No Place Like Home

Man oh man, it has been almost a month since my last entry into the blogosphere. To the charges of dereliction of blogging, I plead not guilty by reason of sheer insanity. We (really just me) were all...
Mar 24, 2010

It’s Not Easy Being Gray

Just ask Louise. Once she was the apple of my eye, my cherished and spoiled kitty. Back in the day when I was single, I used to love coming home from work. (And who doesn’t?) Anyway, in the dark...
Mar 23, 2010

The Beach in March??

We can all attest this has been one looooong horrendous winter! I don’t think I’ve ever been quite so ready for spring to spring itself into action as this year! Last week though, we had s...
Mar 19, 2010

Can’t Have Too Many Friday Night Lights!

A show about Texas high school football? Puleeeze, spare me! Or maybe not! Some friends gave us Season 1 and 2 because Daddy Mac went to high school in Texas. (Allie and Doug, you know who you are!) M...
Mar 4, 2010

Seriously, Where Does the Time Go?

In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been quite derelict in blogging away. It’s because I’ve been busy doing what exactly? Drumroll please. I don’t know! All that “lit...
Feb 25, 2010

Israeli Couscous

Ever tried Israeli couscous? Oh Lordy, it is in a whole different stratosphere than regular couscous. Heck, they shouldn’t even go by the same name. Don’t get me wrong here. I’ve alw...