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Fairly MIA Lately

The last five months have been packed with craziness from vacations to job changes to jury duty.

Posted: July 08, 2007Continue Reading

Massive Power Trip

I had to borrow Mom's car. It's a big difference to drive her medium-sized SUV compared to my small SUV.

Posted: March 09, 2007Continue Reading

Semi-Productive for a 3-Day Weekend

Over the holiday weekend I did get some stuff done, but didn't get as much done as I would have liked. Mom sidetracked me.

Posted: February 20, 2007Continue Reading

Topped Off With a Touch of Frost Bite

It hasn't been the best of weeks. My employer entered into a merger and my ear has a touch of frost bite. At least I'm trying to exercise better and had lunch with a friend so made for an improvement.

Posted: February 11, 2007Continue Reading

Brunch

I had brunch with an old friend today and the waiter proved to be a serious character.

Posted: December 27, 2006Continue Reading

Emergency Stocking Run

After a busy month of colds and craziness, in the 11th hour Mom decided to put up the Christmas tree. The stockings were no where to be found. I did a Target run to fill the void and made a lady laugh in the process.

Posted: December 23, 2006Continue Reading

Just Say Cheese

While attending my friend's daughter's baptism, I volunteered to play photographer. I hope they come out ok. And, I finally got around to moving my own photos into Flickr.

Posted: December 11, 2006Continue Reading

Just call it Dexter

It was a busy day with some serious shopping (both for fun and a good cause), a haircut and some TV.

Posted: December 02, 2006Continue Reading

Happy Halloween

Halloween was busier this year than the previous. I had to hold down the fort. It was a nice night even after a long day.

Posted: October 31, 2006Continue Reading

Apparently We Stare the Same

Mom and I cruised down to Atlantic City to see Cyndi Lauper in concert. Her performance was great. We didn’t get to spend much time on the boardwalk. There was a bit of a fiasco with a drunk guy at the food stop after hours. 101 reasons to never get that drunk. The one thing we learned tonight was that Mom and I apparently stare the same.

Posted: October 22, 2006Continue Reading

Mission Streisand Complete

Mom, her friend and I traveled to NYC to see the big Barbra Streisand concert in her latest tour. We were there for the infamous heckler that received a resounding "Shut the F- up!". We saw a celebs. It was a concert that was definately different from her past performances.

Posted: October 10, 2006Continue Reading

Sleeping In

I took 2 days off from work so I can go to a concert in Manhattan – Barbra Streisand. The tickets were a birthday gift for my mom.

Posted: October 09, 2006Continue Reading

Crazy Antics At The Local Steakhouse

Mom and I had dinner at the local steakhouse with our family friend/neighbor. It just turned into a kooky night with the waitress not liking the idea of eating lamb. Mom and our neighbor both ended up ordering that. I had a burger. We ended up laughing until our sides hurt with all the antics and kooky comments being passed around.

Posted: April 29, 2006Continue Reading

One More Vacation Day

Because I had to use 5 vacation days before March 31st, I also took today off. I figured I'd never make it back into the city to work today anyway...

Posted: March 10, 2006Continue Reading

Home Sweet Home

Mom and I made it home safe and sound. Hurray. It's good to be home. I'm looking forward to sleeping in my own bed, with my pillow and not hearing...

Posted: March 09, 2006Continue Reading

Arrived Safe And Sound

So we arrived in Florida in one piece. Mom got nervous when we missed turn-off for the parking lot this morning. The directions weren't 100% accurate. We stayed in the...

Posted: March 05, 2006Continue Reading

So Much To Do

One day and counting until take off. I ran around the world today picking up stuff like mini shampoos. My goal: toss what I can at then end of the...

Posted: March 04, 2006Continue Reading

I'm Officially On Vacation

It was one of those days where I just couldn't get much done. Why? Because my head was wrapped up in my upcoming vacation to Florida for 4 days. No,...

Posted: March 03, 2006Continue Reading

I’m Dreaming of a Foggy Christmas

Merry Christmas. It was foggy here. An alternative white Christmas.

Posted: December 25, 2005Continue Reading

Happy Thanksgiving! (updated)

Happy Thanksgiving! We're having guests for dinner. I think that's a first. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Posted: November 24, 2005Continue Reading

Waiting for Bunsen

I’ve been thinking about getting a new parrotlet since my little guy Beaker died in April. Today Mom found a baby at our favorite bird store and I’ve named him Beaker. He’s tiny, bald and adorable.

Posted: September 04, 2005Continue Reading

You Can’t Take Her Anywhere

Dinner out was a little crazier than usual when Mom stole forks from what seemed to be an unoccupied table only for it to be occupied. Oops. She did buy several packages of bottled water afterwards for Hurricane Relief efforts so the karma must have canceled itself out.

Posted: September 03, 2005Continue Reading

The Party That Nearly Wasn't (updated)

Mom took a bunch of friends into city to celebrate her party. Despite a few near catastrophes, we all made it and had fun.

Posted: August 28, 2005Continue Reading

Road Trip

Mom and I took a road trip out to a family wedding. The wedding was lovely and it was great to see everyone. The hotel was better than the last place we stayed at, to some degree.

Posted: July 23, 2005Continue Reading

Dad's Fish Stories

Dad had told stories of big fish in the development's pond. I saw a family of fish this morning when I walked up to pond, each being about a foot long. This was no fish story.

Posted: June 26, 2005Continue Reading

The best $60 I've spent

Something in my old computer died but I was able to pull the hard drive and put it into case and was able to pull the files off including a few photos of Dad when he went to England several years back.

Posted: June 07, 2005Continue Reading

Signs, signs everywhere there's signs... (updated)

I've become fairly (too) philosophical since the fall and now believe that signs are everywhere if you are open to see them.

Posted: February 19, 2005Continue Reading

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