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February is for Lovers

There’s always so much love in the air in February!  I may be a scroogey Grinch around Christmas time, but I definitely get in the spirit for Valentine’s Day.  Maybe it’s because there is the promise of spring right around the corner.  I have fond memories of Valentine’s Day growing up–my dad would always come [...]

Gratitude

A year ago at this time, my dad went into the hospital.  What started as persistent chest pain turned into a heart attack that resulted in the implementation of three medically coated stents to help keep Dad healthy for a long time to come.  I am grateful, every day, that there was a second chance [...]

A departure from the craziness

My mom recently got a new SLR camera for herself.  She was finding that having a regular digital camera and a grandchild was a bad combination–always missing the expressions with that one or two second delay.  She has a knack for photography anyway, but lately she’s been getting some great shots with the new camera.
These [...]

Germs in the house and nowhere to sleep

Great.  I’ve been bullied out of my own bed by a bunch of unruly and aggressive germs.  Since Dino is contaminated I’m self-banished to the bed in the studio.  Which wouldn’t be so bad if there were any room for me–but there’s a big fat cat in my way!

Hmmph, perhaps there’s a vacancy in the [...]

A visit from my family

We had a full house today!

The whole family–minus Dad and one brother–came by for a heap of good homemade food.  I made a monster of a meatloaf stuffed with olives and mozzarella with enough to leave over in the freezer, plus some to send home to the absentees.  I steamed and then sauteed some brussell [...]