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 […]
Life at My House
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 […]
What I Learned When The Kids Were Gone For Two Weeks
The kids spent the first two weeks of August with their father. This is the longest time we’ve ever spent apart (except for Ingrd who goes to school about 5 hours from home). I knew I needed to file for divorce for a long, long time. For many years. What kept me from pulling the […]
Staycation, Day 2 – Sherwood Island State Park
The kids are with me for the next couple weeks and there’s no money in the budget for a vacation, so we are doing a staycation this year. Yesterday we loaded up the car with the bikes and beach stuff and food and we headed to Sherwood Island State Park in Westport, CT. I’ve been […]
We All Need Help Sometimes
My cousin Amy’s husband died last Friday. It was completely unexpected and she was not at all prepared for something like this. I wouldn’t have been prepared for something like this either. In an instant, Amy became a single mom to two teenage girls, and she needed to find a new home for the three […]
A Better Choice
Today the kids were all over the place. One was working all day, one went to Jones Beach with a friend, one went to a friend’s house, one had a friend come to our house, and one is going to the movies with a friend. And around 4:00 I realized I hadn’t really eaten and […]