Ok, its lent and my annual mortification of the flesh by giving up chocolate has begun, but I am cheeerful since I had a great call from cindy this week. She talked about cleaning her fifteen year old's room on a weekly basis (yeah, I know he's old enough to do it by himself...but...) and saw a bunch of papers from a notebook and hearts and stuff and knew it was from a girl. As tempted as she was, SHE DIDN'T PEEK! SHE DIDN'T SNOOP! Two days later, he said, "Mom, thanks for not snooping". She asked how he knew and he said, "Mom, I would have known if you'd even moved it." She called to tell me their relationship has never been more solid, trusting, or loving. So there. Sigh and smiles. She wins the mom of the year award.
In a previous blog, “A Runners Wife” I spoke about my husband training for the NYC marathon. All I have to say is that the months of training all came together of an amazing race. Race day is a grueling day for runners, and the family. But a miracle happened...
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder testified before the senate judiciary committee and basically shrugged when asked if any other enemy combatant captured overseas had ever been brought to civilian criminal court to face justice. Talk about an incompetent boob, not to mention a disgrace.
Here is a list of wines all from Spain, and menus from restaurants in Brooklyn where a crew of us did a food / wine crawl through Carrol Gardens and Williamsburg recently
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