The One With The Date Night

Last week we finally had one. A date night for the first time in a long time.

Yay....but what a wacky date night it was. The plan was to go to the Outback restaurant and see La La Land.

Well, that became an adventure because the Outback was packed. So, we went to the Texas Roadhouse, which was also packed. We ended up at Panini Restaurant, eating a spinach and garlic pizza. Not quite the plan....but a great pizza, and a success.

When we went to AMC Cinemas, we arrived to find La La Land sold out. Great. Luckily, we were able to track down a show in Salem. Phew!

Turns out Salem has great popcorn. The movie was good....but it was definitely a disappointing ending. However, the evening itself was fun and memorable...even if it took a wild turn.

The One With The Busy Week

Wow, what a week this was


4 Dance Practices
2 After School Meetings
1 Basketball Game
1 Baseball Practice
1 Date Night
1 Furniture deliver (two new couches...yay).

1 wild week!

The One With Donald Trump as President

Today is the day.

January 20th....it has arrived at last.

Inauguration Day


Donald Trump is president.  He had planned not to have a ceremony with a lot of pomp and circumstance.

Of course, this one is now costing more than $100 million dollars.

I can only imagine what the next four years will be like.

The One With The Providence Bruins

Yesterday we had the opportunity to attend our first pro hockey game as a family. Bri and Kiff's school had a Providence Bruins event.

While it was certainly a hike to get there, the event was well worth it. Bri - whose favorite team is the Bruins - was ecstatic. The game itself was a bit slow for two periods, but the third period was fast and furious.

We were able to see several people who could be on the Bruins in the future, including Accari, Heinen, and Kuraly.  And, Khudobin, just called down from Boston, was the goalie.

The only downfall was the parking - ugh! It took forever to get out - or so it seemed - so we went to Uno's while we waited.

Definitely a very memorable event!

The One With Snow

At last

It arrived

The first big snow...earlier today.

It was fluffy and light

The best type

And we are enjoying it

The One With The Happy New Year

Today is New Year's Eve.

2016 was a memorable year. It had:

• The Trump election
• Massachusetts legalizing marijuana
• The retirement of David Ortiz
• The ridiculous suspension of Tom Brady
• The ability of the Celtics to lure a top free agent - Al Horford
• The untimely death of stars such as Prince, George Michael, Alan Thicke, Carrie Fisher
• The Rio Olympics and drama around it
• The release of a Star Wars movie that is not truly part of the main story line


We also saw the passing of Molly - very sad!

What a year.

Here's wishing everyone a happy new year.

The One With the Christmas Puke

Surely, you have heard of the legend of the Christmas Poo...the story carved out by South Park years ago. Well, we have had our own story of the Christmas Poo (you can search this site for it).

However, Christmas 2016 was the holiday of the Christmas Puke...literally!

Poor Bri developed the stomach bug that Kiff had the week before. Of course, we were worried about that but thought we were in the clear until 4:00 AM on Christmas when we heard the pitter-patter of feet. Realizing that it was much to late for Santa's arrival, it could only mean one thing - someone going to the bathroom.

The next thing we knew, we heard the unmistakable groan of someone yaking!


And Yak she did...five times on Christmas....marking a Christmas we will never forget.

Sure, we did have many great memories in spite of the raging puke - from Kiff and I watching a Godzilla movie, to some neat snacks later in the day....but this one will go down as the year of the Christmas Puke.


Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!