All Girls November 30, 2009

My mother and I have shopped on “Black Friday” for years.  This year she was not up to it.  Since I had the weekend off,  Saturday was all about the girls.  Newschannel 5’s Paul Kiska’s wife and daughter along with Camille and me had a “girls day”.  It was such a beautiful day, we strolled around Crocker [...]

Meaning November 23, 2009

Thanksgiving is just days away! As I think about the holiday, I think about how it has changed for me over the years.   How the meaning of the holiday is so much clearer now than it was when I was a kid.   I suspect I am not the only one who feels this way. Back then, [...]

Change In The Air November 16, 2009

Although we have had some nice weather  the past couple of days, you know IT is  coming!   The leaves are off the trees and there is a cool wind of change blowing in.  With the cooler weather outside, that means more inside time.  I’m looking for ideas of things to do with Camille at home.   We try [...]

A Vow November 9, 2009

I can’t believe it is nearly the end of the year.  The first of the big  fall/winter holidays is already behind us.

 Halloween is over. Thanksgiving is now just a couple of weeks away.  And, well, you know what isn’t far behind    I have vowed this year, as I do every year,  to slow down [...]

Happy Halloween! November 2, 2009

I hope you all had a howling Halloween!  This is the first year that Camille kind of got the whole idea of “Trick or Treat.”  She wasn’t, however, crazy about the costume at first.  In fact, she screamed for the first 5 minutes of wearing it.  We even dressed her four-legged brother up to help [...]

Flu Fears October 26, 2009

You can’t watch the news, read the paper, or surf the internet without seeing h1n1 or swine flu stories.  When the outbreak first started I wasn’t sure that I would get Camille vaccinated.  Now, I am positive that when we do finally get the vaccinations in our area that she will get one.  The CDC  says [...]

The Patient Patient October 19, 2009

Many of my loyal blog readers, thank you, know that on the day we found out I was pregnant with Camille my mother was diagnosed with  multiple myeloma.  A blood cancer.  I have been at almost all of my mother’s doctors appointments and Camille has been there too.  She is very used to his office.  In fact, when [...]

Shhhh! October 12, 2009

When Camille was an infant she was a perfect angel in church, she slept right through mass! Then once she learned to walk, we all walked right into the cry room and we’ve been there ever since.  Well, this week we ventured into the  “Big People’s Section “.  We sat in the last row for a [...]

Big Night October 5, 2009

My  husband and I were married  a while  before we were blessed with Camille.  Even before she came along, we were not “out on the town” people. We like spending time at home.  So, when she arrived, staying at home wasn’t something new.  Instead of the two of us, it was the three of us.   When we do venture out, [...]

SECRETS September 28, 2009

I was thinking the other day of all the things the people in my life, who are mothers, never told me when I was pregnant.  Why is that? Why do mothers not tell mothers-to-be what it’s like to be a mom?  I decided I’m going to share some secrets.  Here we go, in no particular order. 
You will [...]