Tonight my husband and I ventured out into the pouring rain to go see Les Miserables. We got there early and grabbed our large bucket of popcorn, which we put a pretty good dent in before we even got inside the theatre. Once inside, it was gone before the trailers were finished. That's okay, because . . . → Read More: Les Mis!
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Today I was going to write a serious post about having adult children in today’s times. I read a magazine article this morning that had some interesting points, so I threw it in my bag on my way out the door to go to NY with my daughter for the holidays, figuring I’ll write the . . . → Read More: Serious…..Not! Today I had to spend the day in Boston to attend an appointment with my daughter. Instead of doing my usual commuter rail jaunt, I elected to use the subway. Not such a good idea on workday. When I arrived at the T parking garage, it was full. There was nothing else to do but . . . → Read More: More Evidence My husband and I had a wonderful night in Mashpee tonight. First we went to see Skyfall in Mashpee Commons. We have been watching Bond movies since we were seventeen and we were so happy to see nothing’s changed. Where else does the hero die in the very beginning of the movie and live on . . . → Read More: Wicked Skyfall This weekend everyone is decorating for Xmas, us included. We went to get our wreath for the side of the house. Put up all the outside decorations. Then I bribed my daughter to help with the inside decorating by cracking open a bottle of red. Of course, before the Xmas decor could begin, fall . . . → Read More: Ready, Set, Go My daughter and I spent the better part of the morning returning to the Cape after our NY holiday with our family. The house was cold when we arrived because I had turned the heat off. We discovered it was warmer outside. After unpacking we decided to take walks until the house warmed up. We . . . → Read More: Blue Friday Last night at dinner I was recounting a funny video I just happened to see on America’s Funniest Home Videos this week. I don’t watch that show because it features a lot of people getting hurt and I just can’t laugh at that. I put on the last five minutes of it the other night . . . → Read More: Press Pause The day before the first big holiday of the 2012 holiday season found me up at 5 am, leaving the house early to pick up my daughter in Boston and drive to NY. I picked her up at 9:30 am and was out of the city and headed west on the Mass Pike by 9:40. . . . → Read More: The Day Before The Day Thanksgiving 2012 finds me much quieter inside than I have ever been in my life. I have finally finnessed the art of letting go – of both big and little things. A huge one these past few years is that I no longer participate in my adult children's lives. I'm here when they need me, . . . → Read More: More Letting Go – Thankfully!  Leave a comment  Family, Food and Drink, Life in General, personal development, self-improvement, Spirituality, Thanksgiving, Weblogs, writing  children leaving home, children not coming home for Thanksgiving, Jennifer Boykin, Life After Tampons, respecting adult children, Thanksgiving, the art of letting go, traveling for Thanksgiving Today I'm not talking about the sandbox that my Bikram yoga and Koko fit club play around in – namely, my body. These two nemesis, with the exception of Tuesday, have played rather nicely all week and I'm hoping this is the beginning of a peaceful coexistence. Unlike the holiday dinners so rapidly approaching. . . . → Read More: All’s Good In The Sandbox Leave a comment Bikram yoga, Family, Food and Drink, Life in General, Spirituality, Weblogs, writing bikram yoga, Cleavers, cooking for thanksgiving, difficult holidays, families and holidays, holidays, Jennifer Boykin, koko fit club, Life After Tampons, life in the sandbox, not so perfect families, Thanksgiving |
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