Where Globe-Trotting meets Beach-Combing
You know that couple who never argues? Well lucky us, one of them wrote a book to show the rest of us how it’s done. It’s Fawn Weaver’s “The Argument-Free Marriage: 28 days to creating the marriage you’ve always wanted with the spouse you already have.” A better title would have been, “HUMBLE BRAG.” …
Exercise on the boardwalk! It seemed like a good idea! Funk Fest 2015 was gearing up to begin as we started running. Bow-chicka-WOW-wow! We ran, played in the sand, watched the moon rise over the water, ate hot dogs and ice cream, listed to music, played frisbee, chased and wrestled, drank cheap wine, and only…
Some drummers instructed drumming technique, then some fifes joined in for a jaunty, colonial tune. Isaac watched with his hands over his ears. “There will be a junior corps performance later outside the capitol building,” said a drummer. “But it’s only the junior corps,” a fife player shrugged when I asked him about it, sneering…
Grammie and Grandad stopped by! The kids were delighted!! We got to celebrate Chris’ birthday…and my birthday…and Isaac and Eloise’s birthdays! We showed them the MacArthur Memorial on Norfolk’s Cannonball Trail, and ate dinner at Freemason Abbey. The kids loved ripping into their presents…and we loved watching them. They were so excited. Thanks, Grammie and…
Here’s how we ended up at the corner of Betty Crocker and Mad Men. Me: I need some Tupperware! Someone sell me something. Friends via Facebook: so do we! Have a party. Me: no way. But wouldn’t it be funny to have a 50s Housewife Tupperware party? Friends: have the party! We will come! So…
It was the best of times; it was the worst of times. Just kidding, it’s all the BEST. Cute things converge: the crawling. The stinker look she gives me when she knows I’m about to tell her NO. Her brand new PIGTAILS and hair clips. Our new game of her crawling toward the cat food…
Here’s the round up of other fun stuff we did last week! Chris found Greenies Beach Bar and Grill. The music was not my style, the service was terrible, and the food took forever. WE CANT WAIT TO GO BACK! Just 15 minutes away and right on the Chesapeake, we sat over the sand, watched…
