My friend, Alysia taught in Seoul, Korea this past school year.  She climbed mountains, bungee jumped and on and on without a scratch!  She arrived back in the states to her hometown to enjoy a 6 week vacation before she headed to Shanghai, China and slipped on wet grass and broke her ankle in 2 places!!! What???!!! She went to dinner with me and the guys and an awesome time was had by all!!!  Back at her parents, we met her new cat and got a little goofy…LOL  It was terrific to see her and spectacular wishes for herRead More

Matthew and Adam’s niece Haley    What a fun-filled few days!  My son Matthew, his fiance Adam and I spent 4th of July weekend in PA.  First we had a fabulous feast of a cookout with Adam’s family.  I finally got to meet most of Adam’s family including young nieces and a nephew!  We saw a bird nest filled with baby birds waiting for food, played silly games with the kids, learned a new game on my cell, acquired a list of must-read books, watched huge trees dance like crazy and laughed and ate plenty!!! Trees swaying in the breezeRead More

  AAAHHHHHH! The ocean!  The drive to the beach was great…just a little longer than expected. It seems the address of the campground exists in MD as well as NJ and I plugged the wrong one into my Garmin.  We thought it was going to take 1H, 40M…but it took almost 3 HOURS…oops!!!    My friend, Dena and I had a wonderful time.  Cape May is adorable!  The town is quaint, the beaches are clean and the shopping is plentiful!!!  The architecture is fabulous…so ornate and colorful!  Our campground…Lake Laurie RV Resort was very close to the beach…it was alsoRead More

     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