Month: June 2008

Wrinkly old balls

So yesterday’s adventure was a trip to the Mohawk Trail.  We hit I91 north and followed it up to Greenfield where we picked up route 2W.  We drove through all manner of small towns including Shelbourne, Charlemont, Savoy, Florida, North Adams, and Williamstown.  Williamstown was especially beautiful.  It was founded...

Gone fishin’

Aah, vacation….  We kicked off our week of relaxation with Chris’ annual birthday bash.  About 30 close friends and family members gathered in our back yard to eat charred food and wait out the rain storms which are an uninvited guest, but inevitably always show up. Monday was a day...

Ouch

Had I not already run earlier today I would not be getting my miles in at all.  The FedEx delivery person came to the front door, pounding very loudly and yelling “is anyone home” (you see, we don’t have a doorbell).  I was scared half to death, jumped up from...

To shop or not to shop….

So I had purchased some articles of clothing about a week ago and, of course, they looked totally different when I got them on at home than they had in the store, and the change was for the worse.  I must have been momentarily out of my mind when I...

Hello humidity

Not to point out the obvious or anything, but it’s f’ing hot and nasty.  We’ve been doing a whole lot of tossing and turning, but not sleeping much at night.  Time to figure out how to rectify that and make our bedroom sleepable for the summer…. J

A busy weekend

Friday we kicked off the weekend by gabbing back and forth over the fence with our neighbors in the beautiful weather. Then little brother Mike came over to catch up for a bit as he was wrapping up his vacation. Then Sarah popped over and we all piled into our...