George Sheehan

“Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be”

- George Sheehan

Will Santa Do It?

I was chatting with a friend, Kate, during her family party which she was kind enough to invite me to, when she told me a funny story about her daughter, Elizabeth, who is about 5 or 6. Elizabeth asked her mom, "Mom, the Easter Bunny's real, right?" and she thought for a moment, "Because if the Easter Bunny's not real, who would hide all the eggs? I mean, is Santa gonna do it?"

Extreme close-ups of my pretty birthday flowers!...

More Easter Fun

As usual, I spent my holiday with my extended "family", neighbors with whom we have celebrated all our holidays with, basically, since I was about four. My parents missed out, thanks to Dad's Sweet Pickles van braking down halfway back from a party they had to attend in NY.

I went by earlier in the day and helped a bit with coloring the eggs.

Amelia in her frilly frilly dress with Auntie Jen.

Lilly spots an egg!

John hides stuff every year all over the house. Candy for the little kids and beer and other libations for the grown kids. Maureen actually found some Fun Dip, which John hadn't bought this year - it was form last year! The Starbursts fell in the toilet. I didn't care until I opened them and found the water made it's way inside. Boo!

Easter Cartoon

I believe I posted this one last year, but I still love it.

Xander's Egg Hunt

My favorite from yesterday's photo shoot.
Happy Easter!

Maria Robinson

“Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.”

- Maria Robinson

Shelf Job

We have a broom closet at the back of our kitchen and "temporary" shelves were installed into it in the early seventies. With the recent rain storms we've been having the closet flooded and the shelves fell apart.

When my parents leave town, somehow the house becomes mine all mine, and projects get done. My project this time? Replace the "temporary" shelves from the early seventies.

And only one fingernail was broken in the completing of this project!

Empty closet

Closet with new shelves!

Closet with shelves and stuff!

Big Announcement

I went to my friend Christina's today to help out with her 10 week old twin girls. Her oldest daughter, Ava, age 2, was also there. When I pulled up and walked to their front door, Ava stepped out onto their stoop wearing two long pig tails and a bright orange polka dotted t-shirt (thank you, sun, for finally gracing us with your presence), threw her arms out to either side and shouted, "HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY!

It made my day.