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Getting ready to be Cupid

January 14, 2009

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Before I officially begin this post, I need to ask my neighbors to leave. Sorry guys.  I just don’t want to ruin it for you. Are you gone?
Okay, now that it’s just us, and you don’t live in my neighborhood, [...]

Mamma Mia! update: I’m now a Dancing Queen

July 14, 2008

This is certainly a departure from the norm around my blog.
But I just have to share:
I bought and downloaded the soundtrack to Mamma Mia!. the movie.
It has turned me in to a Dancing Queen (even if I am not only 17) as I twirl and dance through my kitchen. I am listening as I write… [...]

Mamma Mia- Take a chance on this one, girls!

July 9, 2008

Tonight I took an almost 2-hour vacation to a tiny Greek island.
 I got to see a sneak preview of the new movie, Mamma Mia!, starring Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth, Stellan Skarsgard, Julie Walters, Dominic Cooper, Amanda Seyfried, Christine Baranski and an excellent supporting cast.
I don’t want to ruin it for anyone, and I [...]

a Great Escape in Lake George, NY

June 12, 2008

We’ve just finished up a quick trip to Lake George, NY, where we stayed at The Great Escape Lodge, the hotel (and indoor waterpark) adjacent to the Six Flags theme park, The Great Escape & Splashwater Kingdom. We weren’t sure what to expect, but we decided that sleeping in the same building as a waterpark [...]

I love children’s museums!

May 26, 2008

http://www.childrensmuseums.org/visit/us_members.htm
Before I worked at a children’s museum, which was way before I became a mom, I wondered what a children’s museum was. Now it saddens me to think of any families who may not have one nearby.
Children’s museums’ offer excellent opportunities for children to be children and make amazing discoveries in the process.  They can [...]