My sons have never thought they looked so cool… … as to when they were sporting their Foster Grant’s this past weekend. With the sun shining and the summer around the corner, the sunglasses are out and in full force. My sons have never really sported sunglasses before, so when I took the Foster Grants out of the packages for [...]

When I was pregnant with my son 4th son, little Henry, we received the softest, most delicious swaddle blanket I had ever held… it was from aden + anais. I was a fan from first touch (as was Henry) of his green Wishing Star Swaddle Blanket. Out of all my sons, Henry was my swaddle boy. He loved to be [...]

I shot this segment a little over a month ago, and truthfully, after I shot it… I hoped (and prayed!) that it would eventually air. You just never know with TV segments, so much can change at the last minute, that you never really get excited until you see it ON AIR. Well, this morning… I saw it. And I [...]

I can’t believe that Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial start of summer, has come and gone. It seems like just yesterday that I was complaining about the snow and dreaming about the sun… I’m a total warm-weather girl. To me, summer means trips to the beach, bike rides in the park, sipping iced tea on the deck and delicious, summer-y [...]

Don’t let the tough exterior fool you… … Brian is a total romantic. And that is the reason I already have the wedding band I will wear when we get married – and I actually have been wearing it for over a year. You see, when Brian was a young chap of about 8 years old, he was vacationing in [...]

This Grandma not only knows NASTY. This Grandma loves NASTY. There.  I said it. I can’t remember a time in my life when I wasn’t surrounded with boys… 2 brothers, one a teeny bit older and one a teeny bit younger.  My brothers’ friends were my friends.  And boys, my friends, love nasty. I played recreational boy sports like baseball, [...]

My husband Barry and I live in a big City and a small Town. How can this be? Well, we live just about right on the division line… literally, on Division Street, between the two worlds. We follow our big City politics.  We vote on our big City issues.  But we enjoy our across-the-street small Town neighbor’s lovely harbor, coffee [...]

The LUPINE… both an ornamental garden plant and wild one too, the Lupine has an interesting name origin.   Lupine derives from the Latin lupinis or lupinum, meaning to have the nature of a wolf.  The Lupine has been called the wolf bean because wolves consume them, but the wolf reference may also come from the fact the Lupine ravages the [...]

When I was a little girl, I remember knowing that the summertime was almost upon me by my mother saying, “Audrey, it’s shorts weather.”  To me, there were no better words because I have always (always) loved the warm summer sun. So I wanted to share the same words with you today, “It’s shorts weather!” There’s nothing I love more [...]

The IRIS… in Greek mythology, Iris is the goddess who acts as a messenger of the Gods, appearing to mortals in the form of a rainbow.  The Iris’s wide spectrum of colors lends itself perfectly to its namesake. The Iris symbolizes great faith, wisdom, hope, love and cherished friendship.  Poets, kings and artists have been admirers of the exotic Iris [...]