Growing up, my family had assigned seats at the dinner table. My father sat at the head of the table with my mother to his right and my brother to his left. It was very important to my father that the head of the table be designated as his seat. Even when my dad was away on business trips-which he was often as a camera salesman-we would never sit i …
Nancy and I routinely comment to one another about our different approaches to writing our blogs. My blogs are generally written and posted on Saturday, two days before they appear. From what Nancy tells me, she generally writes her blog the night before they appear. I am writing this blog on Sunday afternoon, as I just returned home from vacatio …
We are planning my youngest daughter, Sydney’s wedding. It is such a different experience planning your child’s wedding, as opposed to planning your own. For example, when we went bridal gown shopping, all I wanted was to see was my “baby,” in a huge princess dress. Being the accommodating youngest child that she is, she begrudgingly put one on …
I know I am “late to the game,” but I have just discovered podcasts. I, sort of, accidentally listened o my first podcast on Saturday. There’s a pop culture website that I look at every so often when I need a quick diversion. Saturday morning I was inputting my billing for the week and I accidentally hit the link on the website for their podca …
Are you an adventurous eater? I, generally, am not. I largely won’t eat meat because I just don’t like it. I love raw carrots but I don’t like them cooked. I guess you can actually call me a picky eater. I will, however, try anything when I am on vacation. I feel trying the local food is part of the experience. I have tried alligator (no it doe …
I have noticed that, through the years living with my husband, we are very different packers. I open my suitcase, pull out from my drawers and closet what I think I need and just pack. My husband, on the other hand, is a very meticulous packer. He starts writing a list weeks before we leave. As the trip gets closer, he revises the list. Then he …
My husband and I have recently realized that, other than the national and local news, the only network television show we watch is Shark Tank. Everything else we watch is available through the networks that we stream. Technically so is Shark Tank but we still watch it on cable. So we have begun having THE discussion. Do we cancel cable and rel …
We recently went to see The Who at UBS. It was a great show. I cannot believe the level of performance that Roger Daltrey and Pete Townhsend are still capable of. I did notice one disturbing trend. The person next to me was texting throughout the performance. Although she was bopping to the music, she barely looked up at the stage. The person in …
I feel that, with Amazon and similar websites, we’re becoming people who expect instant gratification. Almost everything we want; we can get with one click. For example, my husband recently found a dark chocolate, cherry Kind bar in our pantry. I’m not even sure where we had gotten it, I believe on an airplane. He ate it and declared it the best …
Do you call anyone on their landline phones any longer? I was calling a friend from my cell phone over the weekend. As I tapped onto her contact information, both her cell number and home number came up. I knew that there was a good chance that she would be home so, for a moment, I was torn as to which phone to call. I ultimately opted to call h …
I have become what one would term as a “football widow.” The only sport my husband is truly passionate about watching is football. So, on Sunday afternoons, Monday and Thursday nights I am left on my own because I have little to no interest in football. When we were first married, I sort of dreaded football season because it meant that Sundays wo …
We had a very interesting discussion in my Weight Watchers meeting recently. The topic was self esteem and our tendency to focus on our perceived negatives in ourselves. For example, most people could probably more easily answer the question, “What are you lacking?” rather than “What are your strengthens?” So we were asked to answer the questi …
A client recently commented on a coaster I had on my desk. It was an item my youngest daughter had made for in nursery school. She was given a small tray and inserted small ceramic tiles in it, using some sort of paste. I have kept that coaster on my desk since she gave it to me, over twenty years ago. I use it everyday for my coffee or water. …
I recently read an interesting article in the New York Times. It concerned Jenifer Lopez’s decision to change her name from Jennifer Lopez to Jennifer Affleck after marrying Ben Affleck. The article discussed, extensively, the financial ramifications her name change could have on her “brand.” The article asks whether JoLo would still be JoLo if sh …
My blog this week is simple, my husband and I need suggestions for some binge worthy shows that we can watch together. We both enjoy science fiction and have been through most of the science fiction series on Paramount and Disney. The only current science fiction series we have not watched so far is Severance on Appletv. Has anyone watched it? I no …
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