Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
First off, if you have not already, please go to this link and drop a donation in to the Haitian relief bucket please? Since I am in many ways often TOO plugged into what is happening all the time everywhere, I've been very tuned in to the disaster in Haiti. It was so long ago... Continue Reading →
Yep, that's a teenager. Fully cooperative in every way. "Anybody want a teenager?" was my never ending refrain particularly during the last few of older son's teen years. HAH, right? Well, in some ways, this second round of teenage is going about as expected: No Pictures Please! (check) Taking laziness to new levels (check) Moaning... Continue Reading →
Stealing from Twitter again - this time the Breaking News feed: Former Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska has signed on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel Mark McGwire admits using steroids when he broke baseball's home run record in 1998 This is not really BreakingNews' fault of course, but - DUH!!!!!!!!!! I'm not... Continue Reading →
"Refreshingly Retro!" Hey folks! Instead of potentially poisoning yourself with excess amounts of High Fructose Corn Syrup(HFCS) - look what we are doing for you! We are providing you with soda made with SUGAR! How fabulous is that?! Because we know you WANT that! And because even folks who are not totally into food issues... Continue Reading →
Taken from Mark Knoller's twitter feed - he's the CBS New Radio White House correspondent - and he was posting from today's press briefing with Robert Gibbs: "WH spksmn Robt Gibbs assures Obama won't pre-empt 3-hr premiere of final season of "Lost" by doing State of the Union speech Feb 2." "But Gibbs would only... Continue Reading →
Sports Illustrated: Hate Mail from Cheerleaders and Other Adventures from the Life of Reilly I decided to start the year with something easy - short stories (a collection of his Sports Illustrated columns from '01-'07) by one of my favorite authors ever. Anytime you combine a sarcastic wit, Hallmark Card sentiment style & love of... Continue Reading →
Except maybe to walk along the beach below the Torrey Pines trails more often - here's why: ....just a little further up the beach Sportsboy & I noticed an interesting looking "ledge" of the green sandstone at the base of the cliff & we went for a closer look and I was about to take... Continue Reading →
The highlight of hiking on the trails today (besides my son & friends being there) was our walk along the beach below afterwards when two Peregrine Falcons whooshed right past Sports Boy and out over the beach chasing a shorebird who eventually escaped. Then the smaller falcon landed on this cliff face above us while... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know that when the Chinese New Year hits, it will really be the Year of the Tiger (Amber is all dressed and ready for THAT!) but for me it will the Year of the Book. A personal challenge to read one book a week. 52 for the year. I'll list them here when... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 