March 1st

J flies home tomorrow for two weeks.
We’re expecting some wintry mix and the girls and I plan to drive to Boston in the Subaru to pick him up in baggage claim. I don’t know the last time I’ve actually driven to the airport, parked and gone inside to wait for someone. But this will be [...]

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A break from this broadcast

I am going to break from my trip posts to post something very special.
I’ve known Paul since I was a kid, our grandparents were friends. I have photos of us from when I was about 5 years old and consider him a very good friend, even though I haven’t seen him for a few years. [...]

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The Knock-off Speedo

Yes, I said it. And yes, he did it.
We bought J a knock-off Speedo at this shop on the island because he liked the idea of no tanlines on his already Italian/darkish skin that everyone else would lust after.
So we go to a cheap shop and pick one up for him.
It turns out to be [...]

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Landing

When I landed, it was 8pm on Valentine’s Day and J had arranged for the bartender to come and get me from the airport. I got off the plane and went through a very quick customs process and went outside (this was a very tiny airport) and waited on the sidewalk for a few minutes, [...]

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Flown In

I’ve just flown in from the most amazing island ever. (random pic of people I don’t know, on one of the beaches we hung out on this week)
I’ve been to islands all over the place, including Hawaii, but this one, rocked my world.
J rocks my world.
I’m in a euphoria, a very tired one, after staying [...]

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Heading out again…

These were my bags coming home from my last trip to see J.  Tomorrow morning (yes, Valentine’s Day, I know, it just worked out that way), I am going to where he is  (a new place than from before) to spend a week with him again.
Somehow I lost more weight without realizing it and it [...]

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Sick in the house

I haven’t felt like writing much.
Blue has strep, I found out on Monday. She was home Monday and Tuesday.
Red is overly tired but doesn’t have any symptoms. I am tired but no symptoms. 
In three days I leave for the island. I am packed aside from toiletries and such.
I still need to wax.
The girls are going [...]

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Rock Paper Scissors

We’ve been playing “Rock, Paper, Scissors” our whole lives it seems. I was reminded of it when J started it with the girls last summer. Recently, I came across this shirt at www.Snorgtees.com, with a “Rock, Paper, Scissors” drawing on it  and although he rarely wears tshirts, had to buy it for him. Underneath the drawing, [...]

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Shocking the kids

(yeah, wish that was me)
The girls were in the bath and I was cleaning out the refrigerator (I know, random, but the bathroom is right off the kitchen) and they called to me and said, “Hey Mommy, you know what Daddy told us?”
“What?” I called back.
“In GREECE, on the beaches, ladies walk around with just bathing suit [...]

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Just what I need

I finally paired down my magazine subscriptions.
I am bummed because “Cottage Living” stopped publishing but they replaced it with “Coastal Living”.
“Real Simple” is still my favorite.
I cancelled “Martha Stewart” because I can’t ever duplicate anything she does in there, so it gets depressing.
“Bazaar”, a free subscription my mom gave me via her credit card company, [...]

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