So the morning Alex and I left for our Cal excursion, I posted on twitter “9.5. yo son thinks Cal will be like Hogwarts. Yeah-No.” And the @Cal Alumni twitter account picked that up and broadcast it on their twitter feed. I was pretty amused. But honestly, Alex knee deep wading through all the Hogwarts […]

posted in: Books, Harry Potter, People We Love, Places We Go

Because unless the calendars collide (and sometimes they do), we seem to have two Easters every year. One is Orthodox Easter or Church Easter, as we now call it. And the other one is well the day the Easter Bunny arrives and we wake up to treats galore. This year, we were on our Spring […]

posted in: Family, Holidays, Places We Go

What happens when you are so busy that you don’t have time to blog?? Yeah, you get Horribly Backed Up. So here comes a purge of posts. And they will cover the last two-ish weeks. We had so much scheduled over those days that I feel like I can hear a collective sigh of relief […]

posted in: Family, Holidays, People We Love, Places We Go

http://www.musicxray.net/xrays/1569 Most of you know how much I enjoy matchbox twenty and Rob Thomas’ music in general. Here’s a link to his new single “Her Diamonds”. For me, it doesn’t get much better than the lyrical brilliance of Mr. Thomas. Also, I had my six month check up with my dermatologist today. And I’m still […]

posted in: Balance, Melanoma., Things We Love

Oh, how well do I remember the above picture taken a mere nine years ago. I really wanted to post a retrospective of all ten years of Alex’s Milestone pictures but I thought I’d spare him the embarrassment. However, as he walked by my PC screen a few hours ago, he noted with some grave […]

posted in: Family, Milestones

We’re off on our Road Trip. Wish us luck. And Happy Spring Break to you all!

posted in: Balance, Places We Go

It all started with the exciting news that Reno was getting their very own AAA baseball team, the Reno Aces. The above is a picture of the new stadium. You can imagine the excitement in our sports filled household. I’m trying to relate it to something I would be enthused about, let me think, ah, […]

posted in: Books, Family, Things We Do, Twilight