Over the last 6 months, we’ve made our way north from Miami to Mahwah. What a trip. As I look back, I’m sort of amazed that I survived. I’m even shocked that I’m married. And I am flabbergasted that we…
Category: The Family
Shmelf on the Shelf
Now that Christmas is over and the decorations are put away and the pressure is off, I think I am ready to talk about our Elf experience. I think. On November 30, 2020, I was shopping at Michael’s Arts &…
Fingers Crossed
We drove by a really bad fire the other day. Grady said, “I hope Joe Biden isn’t in there. That’s the last thing we need right now.” True.
Halloween 2020
We typically get 4,000 trick or treaters at our house every year. That’s not an exaggeration. It’s a real, actual, factual number. Our neighborhood is one of the most popular havens for Halloween fun in Miami. This year we had…
Top 10 Things I’ve Learned during Quarantine
10. It’s important to have a pool.I don’t mean to sound naive or ignorant but I’m pretty sure all of the pool-less families have died off by now. No one can survive 60 days (and counting) trapped at home with…
Remembering My Blog
In the past five months, I’ve done a lot. One thing I haven’t done is write in my blog. Why? Well to be honest, it started to become like a chore. I was too worried about social media and likes…
Six Weeks Later
Forgive me, children. It’s been six weeks since my last blog post and these are the reasons why. 1. October was nuts. Mainly because of Halloween. It’s my favorite holiday of the year and we have our annual Trick-or-Treat party.…
A Few Words from JLo and Nicole
Jennifer Lopez accepted an award from MTV last month and in her speech she shared a realization that came to her late in life. Well, I’ve had a realization this year, as well. So I’m stealing JLo’s speech and giving…
Rise and Shine
This morning I woke up next to Annie Bea instead of Jason. As I was wondering where my darling hubby went, I checked my phone and saw that he sent me a text at 12:38 AM. It was just a…
The Diary of Revenge
Grady loves to read. He loves science. He likes to test out experiments and learn about new species and plant gardens and solve puzzles and catch fish. He wants to love sports and wrestle and other things that most “manly…