Happily settled in at Chez Ratliff tonight. Finally have decent internet access. The hotel's was useless in the room. However, the entire weekend has been fabulous as usual. Terrific weather!!! So clear and actually warm! Only one day that you would call typically cold fal weather in Maine. We went to see lighthouses and shopped... Continue Reading →
I’m off!
The 9th annual August Moms reunion begins for me today. I really love the flight time that I have! For once, I did not have to get up and 0-dark thirty. Normally I am up late the night before, packing and excited and talking to Marcus before I go, then I barely fall asleep as... Continue Reading →
A ridiculous whine
This is ridiculous because the causes of my whinings are all Very Good Things. I should NOT be complaining. However....Why oh why does the beginning of post season baseball have to clash with my very favorite weekend of the year? The August Moms reunion is the light at the of my summer madness tunnel. I... Continue Reading →
Fundraising is done
Thank you to all readers here who donated! As of collecting a $100 check today, I have reached the $2200 minimum for the 3-day walk. Yay! A whole month to focus on training only. Heh. Ahem. Anyhoo...It's not that bad. I've trained more this year than I did for the one in '03 and I... Continue Reading →
Unbelievable
Wow. Amazing. Someone please tell me who that was on stage tonight? It looked like DS1, but....wow. He truly blew me away. I mean, gave me chills. He can flat out sing. His solo was One Song Glory from Rent. Then he did a duet on Light My Candle. Also was part of the ensemble... Continue Reading →
I love Fall
This is why:Gorgeous sunset. The air is crisp. The few trees with turning leaves are getting into gear. I passed a couple on my walk (yes, I walked tonight!) that were getting yellow and orange. The ocean has been gorgeous. There was a south swell last week that attracted all the surfers. I was mad... Continue Reading →
Big Weekend coming up
The Play is on Saturday! I just checked in with DS1 who is madly rehearsing every night. He is AMPED. He has one solo for sure and he said the rehearsal of it last night was amazing - sounds like he is surprising himself. The play actually starts performances tomorrow night!! We are going on... Continue Reading →
Thank you Mimi
On Saturday, Alex's dad asked me if he could take Alex to Hawaii from Dec 26th-Jan 2nd. I told him I would think about it as my gut did a little twirl.What? Give up my week when I am off work and get to hang out and relax with my boy? When we get to... Continue Reading →
Now for something completely different
Flowers and baseball! For some reason, the purple dahlias are really taking off. The orange ones weathered the Florida-like heat wave, while the purples looked like they were going to die. They definately stopped growing and blooming and I had to cut back a lot of stalks while the orange went nuts. Now, the orange... Continue Reading →
Golden Falcons 26 – Titans 6
4-0. What a nice start to the Pop Warner season! DS2 had another rushing touchdown. Not a lot of competition again. Their score came with a lot of our rookie kids in on defense. Next weekend though will be The Big One. Against a coach who used to be in our league but then left... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 