Kate wants to be Rapunzel, a witch, Mary Poppins, a princess, Tinker Bell (just like last year). She changes her mind about every 2 seconds. How much bribery will it take to get her to be Audrey Hepburn? I am willing to bribe a lot. Like off the charts. I'd go for Lucy, too.

I have a new favorite salad. A salad that involves dried cranberries, goat cheese & sugared pecans. You can buy your own sugared pecans but they are so easy to make, you should just make them instead (famous last words.) I've made sugared pecans a few times in my day and it seems like more…

Last week some fellow bloggers & I had the opportunity to participate in a conference call with Better Homes & Gardens. We were able to get a preview of their Halloween & Fall content and got to hear about some exciting things they have happening on their site this season. I wanted to share some…

If you would have told me a week ago that Henry's tooth would still be stuck in his mouth, I would have never believed you (I am so naive at this tooth-loosing business). Pops would tell him every time on the phone "keep that tooth in until I get home on Wednesday!" and well, he…

I've been a long-time subscriber to Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP newsletter. I loved what she sent out today and wanted to share it with you: ************************************** From Michael Berg: "Rosh Hashanah is an important time of the year; there are blessings available to every person during this time. It is the beginning of the lunar calendar…

About an hour after I wrote that last post, the power company who had been working on the power lines behind our place cut our phone line. 5 days later I finally got my phone and internet back (I'm not even going to mention how productive I was during those 5 days…) I thought about…

 After I dropped Henry off at school yesterday I took Kate & Charlie to Disneyland for  few hours. It's the best time of year to be the. The crowds are minimal, the weather is cooling down and they are completely decked out in Halloween garb.This fabric reminds me of something that belongs in the haunted…

 I finally got around to it. The pillows. The old ones were so skanky. I think they were probably almost 10 years old and in major need of being replaced. They'd been spilled on, puked on, you name it. Pillows are so simple, too. I don't know what took me so long. Having all my…

(scanned from one of our photobooks from 2001) Everyone remembers where they were on September 11, 2011. We were living in Boston and I was on Boylston/Rte 9 in Brookline driving in to work. I remember hearing the news on the radio. I imagined it was a small cesna that hit the north tower and…

The first day of school consisted of: apple & cozy for the new teacher, photo with Marcus, the old monster backpack which was just a tempory one until we found the backpack of his dreams (which was found today, after the customary first day of school fro-yo from yogurtland, thank you Japanese Import Store), new name…