I have a problem with planning. It’s not that I’m bad at making plans. It’s that when I have plans set in my head and those plans go awry, I tend to get very annoyed. Okay, let’s be real–I tend to mentally freak the hell out. Take this weekend: Saturday night we were going to see a movie. We hadn’t chosen one to see, but I figured we would chose one together Saturday afternoon after my husband got home from…
☑ Dinner at a restaurant we’ve never been to before. We made our first check mark on our date night check list! We received a gift certificate to a local restaurant for Christmas and finally got around to using it. Just Plain Dave’s is a short drive away from our house so it was really convenient to get to. My husband and I hate crowds and hate waiting long for a table. We were able to walk right in and pick…
It’s amazing how a three minute song, a set of lyrics and a fine-tuned melody, can bring back so many memories. I may have forgotten the vows my husband and I exchanged at 10:30, the morning of July 20th, at City Hall, but I will forever remember the song playing throughout our house as I put the finishing touches on my wedding day look. As my husband got dressed in the other room, I zipped up the back of…
Restaurant Week started in Downtown Westfield this week. I spend a lot of time downtown. On warm days, I like to just walk around and window shop. Usually I’m there to grocery shop or stop into one of their many stores and boutiques to pick up gifts (for myself and others) or take a class offered by one of the shops. This week however I was able to spend an afternoon with my mom and one of my sisters. We…
My niece and nephew were off from school on Monday for President’s Day and were coming up for the day. My niece was going to be at my house while my nephew was going to hang out at his grandparents’ house until a little later on in the day when he’d be joining us. I think my niece has really begun to enjoy herself at my house after she spent a little time with me Superbowl Sunday. Fine with me!…
As I was outside shoveling the heavy ice and snow, I thought back to the fall and the very end of the season that crept right into winter. It wasn’t so cold at first. I remembered the mild days that felt unseasonably warm. I remembered wishing for the winter chill to set in as others wished the warmer temperatures would hang on for as long as they could. I didn’t think I would miss those days so much. To…