Capability : Mom

Goings on around Town

Capability — Thu, 17 May 2012 11:15:21 +0000

I will be busy today with a dog walk, some volunteer stuff for the high school and a Blogger Lunch at Common Ground. It will be nice to meet people that I have connected with on twitter in real life. Here is a link to the Boston Globe – great list of goings on including our own Newton Open Studios this weekend.

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A Healthy Start

Capability — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:17:50 +0000

Here is what I learned: Produce for Kids® just launched its annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign, including Massachusetts Stop & Shop stores, to help raise money for local children’s cancer research. Thanks to the annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign hosted by Stop & Shop Supermarket Company, LLC and Produce for Kids, the more produce shoppers add to their shopping lists the more hope they can give to local children . . . → Read More: A Healthy Start

Happy Mother’s Day!

Capability — Sun, 13 May 2012 11:49:49 +0000

Instead of pretending not to know I am about to be surprised with breakfast in bed, I am up with a nice cup of tea writing this. If you are still waiting for breakfast, take heart. Soon they will sleep in later than you do and you can get up and have tea, too. We have a busy day planned but I’m looking forward to . . . → Read More: Happy Mother’s Day!

The Maine Way – Maine Camp Experience

Capability — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:29:37 +0000

One thing I love is when worlds collide and I get to connect the different parts of my life, real and virtual. Here is my most recent find from a soccer sideline conversation with another mom which led me to a new friend and this fantastic site - Maine Camp Experience.

Got to say, we love Maine for family vacations and weekends, it is only . . . → Read More: The Maine Way – Maine Camp Experience

There’s a Whole Lot of Baking Going On…

Capability — Wed, 02 May 2012 20:12:38 +0000

Really. Sometimes I am productive in a normal way and then sometimes I am crazy productive and know that people are saying, “Someone give that woman a decaf. STAT. Or at the very least pry the cookie from her hand.”(brownie, banana bread and muffin can all be substituted here). I woke up at 4:50… something…that’s all I could process, and despite it being a perfect . . . → Read More: There’s a Whole Lot of Baking Going On…

May Day…as in the first of May, not Mayday as in help…

Capability — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:58:53 +0000

A friend is putting together a May Day Breakfast for our walking group tomorrow and I am making blueberry muffins from the Flour cookbook. No, they won't be as good as Joanne Chang's - no matter how closely I follow the recipe - that woman is magic - but I did a trial run yesterday with blackberries and the muffins were delicious (if I do say so myself) and I can make the batter today and bake tomorrow morning. I'll let you know how they come out -I used fresh blackberries but wanted wild blueberries so I bought frozen packages at Trader Joe's. . . . → Read More: May Day…as in the first of May, not Mayday as in help…

Dennis Lehane, Mitchell Zuckoff and a room of 250 women…

Capability — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 14:52:15 +0000

Join the Friends of the Newton Free Library for the 28th Annual Book and Author Luncheon at the Newton Marriott with Dennis Lehane and Mitchell Zuckoff. Newton MA. The Friends of the Newton Free Library invite you to attend The 28th Annual Book and Author Luncheon Friday, May 11, 2012 Cash Bar 11:00 am Luncheon 12:00 pm Speakers and Book Signing will follow the luncheon Newton Marriott Hotel Ballroom 2345 Commonwealth Avenue Newton, MA . . . → Read More: Dennis Lehane, Mitchell Zuckoff and a room of 250 women…

April Vacation

Capability — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 00:36:45 +0000

Sure, it was 95 degrees that day. Hottest place in Massachusetts - anywhere on the Marathon route (especially if you were running). Second hottest place - my kitchen. The Paul S. Russell, MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts General Hospital was designed by Leers Weinzapfel Associates. The Paul S. Russell MD Museum of Medical History and Innovation at Massachusetts . . . → Read More: April Vacation

A Mission to Read

Capability — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:25:54 +0000

I have set a task for myself (something I usually am loathe to do) and this is a good one - it is to read and review all of the books I have received. While this sounds easy, the books can pile up (what with my other reading) and suddenly, I get behind. I know, it doesn't sound too grueling, does it? Spending my days lounging around lost in a book? Am I in sweats and eating cookies, too? Maybe. Sounds remotely like my adolescence. Nice work if you can get it. . . . → Read More: A Mission to Read

A Great Day brought to me by InterfaithFamily.com

Capability — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:30:33 +0000

The start of most spam I get these days starts with "I won an iPad and you can, too" - Well, I won a gift certificate from Interfaithfamily.com and, no, you can't win one, too. Well, not now, maybe next time. I filled out their Passover/Easter survey and I, who never win anything - wait, I say that but I did win that boxed set of Almaden wine in college (that was in...1983), and then there was a dry spell and I didn't win anything until 2000 when I won a backpack from Whole Foods and then I won another backpack from REI last year ...I think the universe wants me to hike and maybe buy cute shoes, yeah, to hike in. . . . → Read More: A Great Day brought to me by InterfaithFamily.com