Archive for the 'Family/Friends' Category

Oct 21 2008

Finger Lakes Wine Trail

Published by Ilana under Books, Family/Friends, Writing

Well, its been a long time since I’ve posted much. And since I’ve promised to post photos (just click on them to enlarge) of my trip, I figured I’d better do it before the season has passed.
About a week and a half ago, we took the boys to my hometown. But instead of staying locally, [...]

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Sep 07 2008

When You Run Out of Toilet Paper…

Published by Ilana under Family/Friends

Why replace it with more paper when it makes such a wonderful landing pad?

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Jul 18 2008

Friday Flashback

Published by Ilana under Family/Friends, Historical

While I was putting all those family photo albums back on shelves, I came across my own baby photos.  I can’t have been more than two…  Although my mother reports that my two boys are WAY more active (a nice way to say “They’re nuts. I’m glad I had girls.”), it does look like I [...]

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Jul 07 2008

Twelve Years

Published by Ilana under Family/Friends, Random Stuff

As of this past Sunday, I have been married twelve years! *Gasp*
Didn’t I just finish college a few years ago?
Wait, no, there’s also those advanced degrees I hold….
And somehow a lot of my free time seems to have been devoted to a four-year-old and a seven-year-old who starts second grade this fall! Time is [...]

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Jun 28 2008

Slow Down!

Published by Ilana under Books, Family/Friends, Writing

I’m still here. But my writing, including this blog, has slowed WAY down.

I was in the middle of moving.
But now the boxes are unpacked, curtains are up, and most of the pictures are hung (don’t ask about the cellar, we’re pretending its not there). Its time to start writing again.
I bravely sent out [...]

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Jun 16 2008

Boy Cheese?

Published by Ilana under Family/Friends, Random Stuff

We’ve spent the better part of the last two weeks preparing to move, hanging in a hotel, and then at last, moving into our new home.

That means we’ve eaten out quite a bit. My four-year-old (self named DahDoo) has always had an interesting take on words and phrases….
So, we’re at Red Robin. DahDoo [...]

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May 21 2008

Whoo Hoo!!!

Published by Ilana under Family/Friends, Random Stuff

A big shout out to Blue Host!!!
I’ve spent the last two days puzzling out why this site and another site required all of you to hit that refresh button so often. It was really annoying, so I’ll name names. Turns out it was our hosting site, HostGator and the even slower site was being hosted [...]

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May 17 2008

Tagged!

Published by Ilana under Books, Family/Friends, Random Stuff

Pam has tagged me, so here it is
Here are the rules:
1. Pick up the nearest book.
2. Open to page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the next three sentences.
5. Tag five people and post a comment to the person who tagged you once you’ve posted your three sentences.
The closest book is Medically Important Fungi (my [...]

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May 16 2008

That First Mystery

Published by Ilana under Books, Family/Friends, Writing

Can you remember that first book that turned you on to reading? The one that made you defy your parent’s call “lights out” with a flashlight under the covers?
For me, it was a box set of six mystery books by Wylly Folk St. John including The Secrets of Hidden Creek. I can still [...]

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May 11 2008

Robin Bielman, The Interview

Published by Ilana under Family/Friends, Writing

I thought I was interviewing another writing, blogging Wiffer, but it turns out Robin is not yet an active member on the boards. How’d we ‘meet’? We’re not exactly sure, but it was either through Pam or Caryn. Come on over to the Will Write for Wine boards, Robin.
1) Where [...]

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