Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
OMG how much do I love Directv so far? HUGE LOVE! With the new TV season starting, I have to re-create any series recordings I had previously setup on my cable DVR. Now, as many of you know, my memory is...well..somewhat challenged on details this days. Be it age, or (as I prefer to view... Continue Reading →
I left for work yesterday morning pondering the internet situation in our house which had completely died on Wednesday night. Ok, not completely - the wireless network crapped out - one computer could still direct connect to the modem. I figured I would call Time Warner, upgrade to their wireless networking system because I am... Continue Reading →
Most people's summer vacations look like this: Mine look more like this: Boy does my cat have it right! In the last week we have: Set the alarm on both Sat and Sun mornings last weekend for 4:30am so that The Boy could be on the beach at 5:30am with his scuba gear to complete... Continue Reading →
The traditional email to the August Moms when our babies celebrate their birthdays: Alex at 15 (complied in bits & spurts during the week) Well, you all know by now why he is called Sports Boy. His life is dominated by competitive sports and playing video games. In all of those endeavors he is... Continue Reading →
In case you didn't notice from my last post, SportsBoy is looking less like a boy and more like a teen clearly transitioning to a young man: Last summer I hatched a plan to start transitioning his bedroom to match, but somehow got side tracked. So this year when the summer bonus-in-lieu-of-a-raise time... Continue Reading →
It is so damn odd to have Sports Boy here during the month of July! I have felt so disoriented. Every summer for the past five (six? seven?) years he has hopped on a plane to Sweden pretty much within a week of school ending. Sometimes the very next morning. He would return the last... Continue Reading →
It was good - but I don't think I would pass up on my Deep Fried Oreos for them. Those are just...well...still as awesome as I expected. Thankfully the boys were at the fair with me so we could order up a batch of both and each get a taste without totally stuffing ourselves (though... Continue Reading →
After lugging around a very NICE camera in Minneapolis and taking lots of pictures there, I was feeling decidedly unenthusiastic about photo taking this weekend so I left my semi-decent digital at home and mentally shut down my photo taking part of my brain. Which naturally means there will be photo ops galore, right? Yeah...oh... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 