Aspiring Gardener

We purchased our home this past winter so we had no idea what type of flowers the previous owners had planted or what our landscaping was going to look like come Spring. We decided it would make more sense to wait and see what we had before we did our own landscaping. We were pleased with the different types and sizes of bushes in various shades sitting pretty in the…

End of Summer Family Stay-Cation Travel Ideas

It will be August in 48-hours. That means the dog-days of summer are upon us. Wow, that went fast, don’t you think? I don’t know about you but it seems like we just figured out the right mix of chemicals for our pool and then it started raining and we needed to add more chemicals. But, that’s a blog for another day…

The Choice is Yours

Are you aware of your own habits? Do you have any? Are you prone to eating belly bombers? Is that considered a bad habit?  Are habits important? Are they easy to change? What do they tell you about someone? I attended Catholic grammar school and high school and we all wore uniforms yet the nuns who taught us wore “habits.” Why were their uniforms called “habits?&#8221…

Hazy, Hot and Cranky

This heat is killing me! Long Island has been sustaining a heat wave for the past couple of days. It is brutal outside. The air is so thick and hot it’s almost as if you could slice it. My sweat mustache is in overdrive and my general demeanor is, well, cranky. When I am cranky, I tend to let things bother me more than usual. It is so hot…

Should I Fly My Flags?

No one prepared me for getting older. Or, if someone did, I must not have been listening. For instance, I recently started to notice red freckles in various places on my body. They appeared out of nowhere and were itsy bitty little things. At first I thought I had some weird rash or a bad reaction to something. I came to find out, they are normal. Fair-skinned folks tend…

Grocery Chronicals – Week 2

I did it! I took the time to actually read the CVS sales flier, make a list and download their app. It took me about twenty minutes to set up the account and download their digital coupons. The savings were definitely worth it! If you do not have the CVS app, you need to go to the App Store and download it before your next trip. It provides you with…