Ingrid and I have birthdays that are one day apart. Last weekend she turned 16 and I turned 53. We started having birthday “experiences” nine years ago. When she turned seven we went for her first manicure and then she got her hair done. When she turned eight we spent the afternoon in her favorite
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Duck On The Rock
Both sides of my family grew up in Georgetown, CT. I wrote a little story about that a couple years ago – you can catch up on the history here. This is a picture of my great grandfather, Gustave Kramer, and his brother, Uncle Charlie. Everyone called my great grampa Gramps. Gramps and Uncle Charlie
The Skillet Throw 2.0
The Goshen Fair is an agricultural fair in Goshen, Connecticut. It takes place every Labor Day weekend, and I’ve been going since I was a kid. I’ve missed a few years along the way – when I was in college I wasn’t around, and for a few years I lived in Pennsylvania, and last year
The Last Hurrah and A Reminder (to myself)
I took nine kids to the beach this past Saturday for one last day of summer. We went to Jennings Beach again. We took the paddle boards and the bikes and the scooters and skateboard and spikeball and we packed firewood and stuff to make s’mores. We knew we wanted to stay all day. The
Jennings Beach – Staycation Day 6
The kids were with me last week for a vacation week, but with no money in the budget to really go anywhere, it was a staycation. When I asked the kids what they wanted to do the most, they wanted to go to the beach, and they wanted to go to a waterpark. A waterpark
Goal Attained
I’ve been eating my way through my divorce. In January I was up to 185 pounds which is about 40 pounds heavier than I want to be. I don’t want to lose weight because I feel insecure or bad about myself. I mean if you follow me on IG you know I’ve been wearing a
