When we first moved to Rhode Island from NYC, Matt had to go to NYC almost every week for work. It was tough, especially since I was pregnant and had 3 little ones at home. This time around it was easier with the boys, but… oh, I missed him so much! Yesterday his flight wasn’t getting in till around 4:30PM, [...]

My husband’s a man’s man. He really is. The first quick glimpse I ever had of him was back in 1996, it was my freshman year at Brown and I had walked down with a bunch of my friends to inquire about rushing a sorority. Out of nowhere, these big MEN started running down the quad screaming. Welcome to college, [...]

People often ask me how I lost all the weight.  They have that twinkle in their eyes, fully expecting to hear my secret, my shortcut.  Is there a magic pill? I’m sorry, there is not! It’s just that I learned to make good choices.  Look, I have four kids and am always running here and there.  Ideally I’d be home [...]

When I was a kid, I used to lie in bed and pray that the weatherman was right, that tomorrow would be a snow day.  I wouldn’t just hope for snow, I was looking for an all out assault where Mother Nature unleashed all her fury, transferring Pleasant Hills into a winter wonderland.  Because when I was a kid, unless [...]