Ten Things Tuesday – Monkey’s Poem

1. Ahhh, coffee.  I stumble, bleary eyed, to darling husband who hands me a cup.  Our day wouldn’t be right without our coffee on the couch commune every morning. And when I say coffee, I mean black, strong and intense.
2. Yesterday, I faced up to something I had been avoiding – funny, things don’t just [...]

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Ten Things Tues, er Wednesday 2

Whole chucks of time have disappeared lately and I’m busy enough that not only have I not been visiting other blogs much, I haven’t had time to write. I am hopeful that things will shift soon so I can be more of a presence here and your sites.
1.My niece’s Bat Mitzvah was wonderful.  Decked out [...]

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Blech

For some obscure reason, I have a persistent bitter taste in my mouth.
It has nothing to do with my in-laws, who were, by coincidence, visiting when first I noticed that virtually everything I ate – no matter how tasty – was veiled in this nasty harsh taste.  Buttery and syrupy waffles? Roast lamb? Chicken? Chocolate?
Entirely [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday

1. Kids are on break this week, which means a lot of Wii playing, baking (Miss Boo loves to create things in the kitchen, which keeps her from being sucked in, zombielike, to the computer) and seeing friends.
2. My twin has offered to take out on on town in Boston on Friday and I am [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday: Bread of Affliction

Passover ends on Thursday after sundown at which point the matzah, what my daughter contemptuously calls “cardboard,” can be sidelined for just about anything leavened. Boo has requested muffins and pies and will probably do the happy dance of pastry as the sun sets.  Poor kid; such suffering.
1. Seder for 27: FOOD.  This past Saturday [...]

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“Next Year in the White House:” Passover thoughts

That’s  THIS year: President Obama hosted a Seder in the White House last night, the first ever, EVER to occur in that residence. Traditionally, the last thing said at a seder is “Next year in Jerusalem,” but it seems Mr. Obama DID find his promised land.
I found the story to be grin inducing and the [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday: Funerals

Whoah – cheery, no? I’m sitting here in my old bedroom in Montreal in one of two funeral outfits I have.  That I even HAVE them speaks to some of the extra-curricular activities of late, but all flipness aside, one really has to be prepared.
1. This funeral today is that of my SIL’s mother; I [...]

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Ten Things Tuesday- Time to Pahtay

Tomorrow, Boo turns 14.
Gone are the days when a party happened at the local Y with swimming, or at the bowling alley, or even at the pottery-painting place.  Ths year, as we have done for several years, Boo is having a joint party with Anna, who is not only in Boo’s gang of friends, but [...]

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Monday and getting on with it

Like whining and complaining is going to get me anywhere?
I’ve been at this vastly simplified food regimen for a week now and I’m pleased to say that armed with the roughly hundred billion cookbooks that normally collect dust on the baker’s rack in my kitchen, I’m trying new recipes and hardly noticing that I’m avoiding [...]

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Photo F-F-F-Friday

I give you good day on this only marginally chilly Friday in January! Are we fucking done with winter yet? My offering today is Fucking Famished Floral Friday.
This morning,  Chili and I went for a quick jaunt into scenic local coastal town and had some lunch. I didn’t see any flowers, although there was [...]

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