Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
I went today after SB's baseball game to try out Swirlicious - a self serve frozen yogurt store just opened Memorial Day weekend in Carlsbad. YUM YUM YUM. The slide show about covers it all: The yogurts are .38 per ounce and most of the folks I saw go through while I was there were... Continue Reading →
A cool meme found over at The Journey. Borrowing from Kyla - I've also never lived alone. Yes, I have been the only *adult* but in 45 years I have never lived entirely alone. I've never seen the movie Titanic Also borrowing from Kyla when it comes to missing out on huge current popular things... Continue Reading →
Ok, maybe this wave scene from a couple of weeks ago is kinda cool to look at. Notice the faint red stripe up near the horizon? There was some mild red tide action going on that week offshore. The kind of frantic final two weeks of school + it being the first of what will... Continue Reading →
Please visit the International Bird Rescue Research Center. Donate. Read. Watch the videos. These people are doing the hard work and research on how best to rehab the birds impacted by the oil spill in the gulf. Here's some screen shot samples: Further down in the FAQ's they say that they are using Dawn dishwashing... Continue Reading →
While I Was Gone by Sue Miller #25 My rating: 4 of 5 stars A compelling story about a very conflicted woman on the precipice of a classic mid-life crisis. Told in the first person the narrative is very easy to follow and also done well enough that you find yourself in her world very... Continue Reading →
If it is 5:00pm on a Sunday and I have not yet gone to the grocery, I am not going to go. Instead, the mental bargaining begins. Is there food for dinner? How many do I have to feed? Check refrigerator. Ok, this is more than a week old so it's out. Hmm, salad still... Continue Reading →
Because getting up at 3am to drive downtown to sit in line outside a theater box office for 9 hours with like minded Adam Lambert fans kinda sounds like a fun adventure! Thank you, Ticketmaster & StubHub scalpers for making this little outing *necessary* for fans who couldn't afford to pay sky high markup and/or... Continue Reading →
The teenager and I have been enjoying some new things together. He's older so he can get into a few more nearly-adult things so our world is expanding beyond sports. For instance, we are watching more TV together. He may not admit it to his peers, but he's a total Gleek. He laughs and sings... Continue Reading →
I think June may be the most conflicted month of the year. I sit here looking at the calendar just stunned that the year is nearly half gone. Yet, when you have school aged kids, or work at a school, June marks the end of a year. Our kids have been counting off the days... Continue Reading →
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt My rating: 3 of 5 stars There were times when I thought I wouldn't be able to finish this book. But I knew I was invested in Frankie because I wanted to smack everyone who made his life miserable - particularly his no good drunken father. I was oddly thrilled... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 