What a fabulous idea for a kid’s party…there’s this place called “Jump On It” that is huge and filled with inflatables of all sizes and themes where kids AND ADULTS can bounce until they are ‘well-mixed’…LOL  My grandson’s party was there yesterday….and it was a blast! Grammy and Cameron!!! How many times can a 7 year old go down a slide??? LOL What’s a party without a good Hurricane Simulator! ‘If I crawl through this caterpillar, will I come out the other side as a butterfly??? Father, son and daughter #1 sit and marvel…  as daughter #2…MOMMY…multi-tasks asRead More

  Gotta love the great outdoors: I got to help fill the pool! Rachel realizing we were NOT goingto be able to attach the hitch withoutrisk of  physical injury!!!! Megan’s dad and band playing inHavre de Grace! Roasting marshmallows to make s’moresand flutter nutters!!! Oooohh!  The pool stars change colors! Megan’s niece…OMG…how precious!

  Last week a few of us went to have dinner at Megan’s (my daughter-in-law) Aunt and Uncle’s house.  Pasta…shells, my fave…meatballs…and salad!  Deee-lish!  While Megan did her Aunt Terry’s hair, Ron (Uncle) asked if anyone wanted to go out on the Gunpowder River for a little ride.  OMG!  I was the first one to raise my hand!  Four of us adults and 2 kids jumped on board and off we went into the setting sun!  It was fabulous.  I learned about the ‘no wake zone’ (gotta go slow enough that you don’t create white caps) and that a knotRead More

    Bright Spot– Rachel, the camp director at Muddy Run has been prepping for next week’s youth extreme camp experience!  They’ll learn archery, go fishing, participate in a forest exploration hike, and even prepare a full course dinner for their parents!  She has been running this program for nearly 13 years and she loves it!  She is a Science and Physics teacher during the school year! Way to go, Rachel…I know the kids love it as much if not more than you do!!!     Three and a half days to get ready and three and a half daysRead More

Until Sunday I had just been hanging out with my Daughters and grandson and it has been wonderful…playing; talking, planning, eating, etc. I did manage to lose my bankcard and keys at the store in the same day. The card was turned into the customer service counter by an honest soul! The keys were found by me on the pile of tank-tops that I had been looking at over a half an hour ago. Hooray!! I guess that could be a BRIGHT SPOT FOR ME. Yippee!!! Oh and a big thank you to my daughter Rachel for attempting to get aRead More

   It will be a whole week that I’ve been in Maryland at today’s end….the time is flying!  It has been a week of fun with family and friends peppered with some business I needed to take care of.  I had some banking business this morning and found my first non-personal Bright Spot– Stephanie, who was assisting me, was telling me about her almost 2 year old (b-day is July 2) nephew and how he is just beginning to talk.  With her name being kind of long, she knew it wouldn’t be anytime soon that she heard it from hisRead More

    Bright Spot-I have arrived in the beautiful and safe state of Maryland after an unbelievably crazy afternoon in Manhattan at the Passenger Cruise Terminal!!!  WOW!  The crowds, the rushing, the noise…a bit of a culture shock after 43 days of laid back travel.  Whew!  I barely escaped with my life- LOL- my two daughters’ lives returning from the Bahamas and an unscathed Van-Go…more laughing out loud!  Pics…maybe tomorrow…can’t get them onto my memory card to upload…bummer!     My other daughter and my grandson, Cameron and his friend went out to get some dinner.  Ever go to aRead More