We’re a couple of sentimental (or semi-mental) folks at our house. Give us a reason to celebrate and we’ll run with it. And we love traditions. Today was the 8th anniversary of the day we met face:face so once again we were at Springfield Brewing Co. sitting in “our” booth enjoying a glass of beer and [...]
Archive for December 2009
Eight Years Later… Leave a comment
The Blind Side Leave a comment
Several friends have recommended that we see “The Blind Side” and since I knew the story line and Burl adores Sandra Bullock, we saw it over the weekend. Even though I knew the ending – and knew Hollywood had dealt the movie a big dose of sappiness – I was still in tears by time the [...]
Schedule Interruptus Leave a comment
I awoke on Monday morning thinking I had a pretty good handle on how my week would go – plenty of gym time, some Christmas errands, unpack boxes for living room and dining room, lunch with friends, movie at The Moxie – you get the picture. Didn’t happen. Burl reviewed the weather forecast, looked down [...]
‘Tis The Season 1 comment
I really love the Christmas season when I can enjoy is in a leisurely fashion. For me that means lots of cyber-shopping, going to stores early in the day (and early in the week), having time each day to get to the gym and not having too many events in one day lest they cut [...]
Merry Christmas from Women of Substance 2 comments
Let the Christmas season begin – Women of Substance have met for December and have words of wisdom to share! Tonight was the last in our Year of Italian Eating so we went to Zio’s. The place used to be packed – tonight they had the back part shut off and the rest of the [...]
Last Month of the Year Leave a comment
If you’re a Kingston Trio fan then you know that my blog title is also the title of their Christmas album. It’s an album that the Starter Husband and I had our first Christmas but I can’t remember if we bought it or he already had it. I can assure you that if we bought [...]