Although this was taken on the third night. Happy Chanukah, everyone!  I received some great gifts from my family, including snow tires from my mom (seriously, great gift) and The Beatles Monopoly game from Miriam! Money can’t buy me love! I also finally bought a real lunch bag with my Target gift card from Lil.  [...]

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…for some cheers and jeers! Cheers to Thanksgiving!     Appetizers and wine.  I ate and drank while I cooked. Dinner (for three!) included spinach salad with walnuts and strawberries, cranberry crunch, a fake meatloaf, roasted root vegetables, and close-up shots of the salad and vegetables (the other food, while delicious, is not photogenic when [...]

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Actually, I’m sure no one has been missing this blogger.  I keep meaning to sit down and write, but I haven’t.  But here I am now! Last weekend, I went up to Toronto to visit my sister, #1 brother-in-law, and my nieces and nephew.  Although my brother-in-law says he doesn’t care if I put the [...]

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15: The number of days since my last post. 1: Pair of sneakers returned. I talked about my new kicks in last post. I woke up on the Friday following that purchase at a ninety degree angle. Something was wrong with my back. I’m assuming it was some sort of injury and blame it on [...]

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No, not them: But it’s always nice to see The Beatles! Happy birthday to my nephew Mowgli, who turns four today! I can’t believe this smart, sweet, and fab (of course) little boy is four. In honor of his birthday, I’m going to ask for your help: What should I call him on the blog? [...]

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So I took photos last week while helping my mother get her house ready for Passover. And I never posted them. And Passover ends tonight. Does anyone still want to see them? I doubt it. It was pictures of the counters all covered and the food all lined up on the table and us looking [...]

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Cheers to my mom, who is having surgery in the morning. I love you, Mom. You’ll be fine…but you better follow directions (and that includes listening to me!). Cheers to the 40th anniversary of The Beatles’ rooftop concert (this past Friday, January 30). Go here for my post from last year on the subject. Cheers [...]

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Today is the 40th anniversary of the day The Beatles recorded the song Across the Universe. So, in honor of that anniversary and its 50th anniversary, NASA declared today “Across the Universe Day” and beamed the song directly into deep space! The song traveled toward the North Star at a speed of 186,000 miles per [...]

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