The Christmas Lesson –
The Christmas TIME “FLYER” December 15, 2010 by Sharon (Edit) Filed under Grandparenting, Sharon 3 Comments Barry and I have decorated our home for the holidays. We’ve hung the stockings with care. We’ve kissed little cheeks under the mistletoe. We’ve decked the halls with boughs of holly. And we’ve placed Flo’s little Christmas Tree, with [...]
Thanksgiving Preparations and Perfect Mashed Potatoes
November 9, 2011 by Sharon
Filed under Family Recipes, Sharon
This morning, I began thumbing through my recipe books for my Thanksgiving feast ideas… and taking inventory of my Thanksgiving feast table and cooking stuff. I have beautiful gold table runners, all kinds of large serving bowls, platters and serving utensils, gravy boats, special holiday flatware and S & P shakers, humungous pots & pans, [...]
Note to self: So glad there’s no more Mountain Man…
I’m just saying… I’m so glad Matt’s mountain man phase is over. And I’m so glad I realized I looked better as a blonde.
It’s Jane’s Birthday!
31 years ago this morning, just past midnight, I was pacing up and down the corridors of the “old” maternity hospital in Rhode Island. Barry had gone home… with the promise to return at the crack o’ dawn. These were the days when the Mom checked into the hospital the day before a C-section. These [...]
How I did Halloween when I was a kid!
I was over at one of my favorite blogs recently… and the post I was enjoying was about Halloween. And like a bat out of hello-1960′s… the Halloween memories came from their hiding places like ghosts from their graves. Halloween was the night of all nights when I was a kid. I lived in New [...]
A moment of my life…
I was trying to shoot a video a few days ago for Lifetime Moms, and I had to keep stopping because – well, the background in my house was a little loud. I couldn’t help but keep the camera rolling because this is a true slice of my life… and this was over broccoli. Oh, [...]
First Day of Preschool for Ben and Henry (and I can exhale…)
I was never worried about William and Alexander being together in preschool. Or actually, for that matter… Alexander and Benjamin together in preschool. I always just knew they’d be good together — call it a mother’s intuition. And I just knew my Benjamin and Henry would be just as good together, too (OK, I hoped…). [...]
“Good nite darling daughter – - – - xxxxxx”
This past Thursday was a drenching rainy day. I awoke to thunderously pounding rain… relentlessly pounding rain. I pulled back my bedroom curtain and saw what I heard. I mumbled, “Oh, man,” (or maybe something else). We were having a new mattress delivered that morning between hours of 8:30 and 11:30… and oh, THE RAIN. [...]
What the SAME 26 years brings…
August 16, 2011 by Sharon
Filed under Children, Grandchildren, Sharon
Yesterday I was reading Audrey’s blog post What a difference 6 years makes… about how much has changed in the 6 years since her oldest little guy William was not quite one year old. This is true. But from my perspective as a Mom and a Grandma… well, just about nothing has changed. I see [...]
What a difference 6 years makes…
We took the boys to Ocean City, NJ this past Friday night and headed directly to the amusement park there. My sons have come to know and love the rides at this place, so it’s always fun to see them get amped up as we head there. My husband went to Ocean City, NJ for [...]
