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A really great quote I read today

Posted 8th December 2008 by Nataly, tagged quotes

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I don't know why, but this really made sense to me - saw it on a random site, at a random time, but it just spoke out to me:   everything will be ok in the end if it's not ok it's not the end   (says source is unknown)

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Getting over Thanksgiving hangover

Posted 2nd December 2008 by Nataly, tagged stress, holidays, thanksgiving

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Every year I say to my husband that we need to have a more sane Thanksgiving. And every year we end up traveling too much, eating too much, and having too many discussions with our families on topics that just bug me. This year we drove down to Riverdale NY, there and back in one day, to be with my…

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Oh, how much I hate the cold!

Posted 19th November 2008 by Nataly, tagged cold, winter

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I know, I am such a wimp, but it's 31 degrees today (and supposedly for the rest of the week) and it's seriously affecting my mood. My husband makes fun of me because I spend the entire fall dreading winter and then spend the winter dreading winter:)Of course, my daughter could not be more thrilled…

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So glad I made it home for Halloween

Posted 31st October 2008 by Nataly, tagged halloween

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I've been traveling a lot during this month and there was an outside chance that I wouldn't make it home for Halloween today -- but I did:) We carved our first ever pumpkin -- can you believe it's the first time ever? -- and my daughter was completely enthralled with the candle lighting it from the…

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Three things that made me happy this weekend

Posted 6th October 2008 by Nataly, tagged family, weekend, happy

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Getting my husband to eat brussel sprouts, after I made a recipe from Barefoot in Paris. Oh, thank you Ina Garten, he has refused to eat them for 12 years until now. (Bacon was involved in cooking, which was the convincing element to try.) Find a pair of jeans for $30 that fit like a glove. Yes,…

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