• Family,  Holiday,  Self

    What is the best April Fools joke you have seen or done?

    April Fools Day. It’s arrival can bring about dread as we go through the day looking over our shoulder anticipating the next joke. Or it can bring gleeful anticipation as we find the next victim for our newest prank. Which is it for you? Leave us a comment below! Wondering what Pam and Ellen have done or seen?  Click below to find out! I am not one to facilitate pranks on others, never have been. Actually, I am one of those that heads through the day suspect of everything that is said or requested of me, thinking that I am going to be the butt of the next prank. However,…

  • Family,  Self Reflection

    What do you like most about spring?

    Spring is such a great time for those of us in the Northeast – heralding all that is possible. That is of course, unless you have allergies, then it can be your most hated time of year. Click below to see why Pam and Ellen like spring. And please, do tell about your experience with the season. This post is going to sound cliché but Spring to me represents renewal. When I step out in the spring mornings, I always tend to breathe deeper, taking in all the fresh, fresh air after a long or even not so long but dreaded winter.   The air always smells so sweet in spring.…

  • Self Reflection

    If you could change something about yourself – what would it be?

    We have things that we both wish could be a little different. Do you?  Care to share? I am not sure that I believe in wishing things were different.  I subscribe to the belief that everything that happens brings me to where I am today as a human being.  For instance, would I want a longer nose? Or more lush eyelashes? Or blond hair?  (blondes do have more fun don’t they?) Since I do feel as though I must answer the questions that we ask on our own blog, I sat down to really think about this one.  The only thing that pops into my mind is that I wish…

  • Childhood,  Family

    What are your earliest memories of your childhood home?

    Childhood homes live on in our memory forever.Here we each describe our earliest memories of the house we grew up in.Care to share your memories below in comments?  Or over on the Facebook page? I grew up in a great home – a large center chimney colonial set up on a hill.  I have a lot of memories attached to different rooms in that house but my earliest?  Probably the fact that you could run around and around the first floor in a great big circle.  If you walked in our front door, you would find yourself in a hallway of sorts that housed the stairs heading up to the…