InsomniMom

Friday night was our last alone-together evening of vacation week, so my husband and I decided to go for the all-out romance and go for dinn...

The Florida travelers packed their bags tonight and apparently rented a trailer to bring home all the shells they picked up in their beachco...

I got this email from Pat late last night, feverishly typed in one long, eyeball-busting paragraph. I present it to you here with minor edit...

Meelyn polled everyone on their Favorite Things in Florida and emailed me the list. Amazing how each family member's personality shines ...

A dangerous bread, Kayte called this. Dangerous . I pictured Casatiello as the Michael Corleone of breads, but it actually turned out to be...

I had planned to go to the swim club today since it is both warm and sunny, but not going to bed until 4:00 a.m. has put me in kind of a dro...

I talked to Meelyn and Aisling before they left for the beach this morning; I was sitting outside on the front porch bench watching the dogs...

The family journey to Florida was finally completed yesterday, but not without a few setbacks that had me clutching my cell phone in a frant...

Here's Carly Simon, one of my all-time favorites, doing "Anticipation" live in her 1987 Martha's Vineyard concert on what ...

I am sitting here on a Saturday afternoon in mid-July at a time when the central air-conditioning is usually roaring away, huddled into a sw...

Early this morning, a caravan consisting of Pat, Angie, Kieren, Dayden, Kiersi, Poppy, Nanny, Meelyn and Aisling set out from New Castle, he...

The girls called yesterday afternoon from a boat, of all places. A big boat, they emphasized. A big double-decker pontoon with a grill for h...

The telephone rang yesterday afternoon, just as I was getting ready to leave for the library. "Mommy?" came an indistinct voice, a...

Okay, so I'm kind of sad that my husband and I didn't get to go to the lake with the rest of the family. Finances wouldn't allow...

My husband and I just got a call from a Frisch's restaurant at the lake where Meelyn had just ordered soup and a salad and Aisling had j...

I didn't need to feel stress after all. On Thursday, I wrote on my Thursday's List that I was stressed out about getting Meelyn and ...

Meelyn and Aisling are leaving on Sunday morning to go on a weeks' vacation with Nanny and Poppy, their three cousins and Uncle Pat and ...