Leah's Life: Pearls and Oysters

Valentine’s Day Part 1 Accomplished

Every day I sacrifice. Not in a meaningful or spiritual way. More in a I sacrifice 2/3 of my “to do” list in order to accomplish the other 1/3. Today I got all my important work done. I got my children from place to place on time with various tasks done at each point. I…

Snorts and Throat Clearing at Story Time

My husband and I read to the kids at bedtime each night. That’s over 3,500 story times since the day they were born. I remember few moments as clearly as being read to at bedtime. My father had a great soothing reading voice with his British expat’ified’ accent. My mom read me books like Ramona…

Social Media Mom Brain

I’d like to blame my haziness up there on what I have lovingly named “the plague” that has hit 3/4 of our family of late (and in the same breath be grateful that we were spared worse), but I can’t. It’s not the never ending cold that drags us right down to the ground every…

Mystic Aquarium: Perfect Christmas Cabin Fever Cure

Christmas and cabin fever seem to go hand in hand especially in New England. It’s not snowy out, but there have been plenty of viruses going around, and then there’s all the road trips back and forth to visit family and friends. Some children are returning to school in a few short days, but those…

Ctrl – Alt – Delete

I have no words of my own because I need time to process information like this. I take things very deeply to heart so to get through just about anything I block it out and just look at little pieces at a time. What helps me is to read the thoughts of others. I never…

Merry Christmas: In green and red pine-scented letters!

There’s been a lot of mumbling, whispering, and questioning lately. It’s not about Santa Claus. We know he’s real, plus he lives in Huron Village ( not sure if he is couchsurfing, has a regular airbnb reservation, or just a condo he lives in part time.). The mumbling is coming from the adults. Something about…

Personal Shopper of Sorts

I like to know what’s going on around town and who’s doing what. I’m a neighborhood busy body, but I don’t care or notice who bought a new car, who painted their house, who just got back from a ski vacation at Whistler and the like. What I care about is who is making what,…

Shop by the Fire: Digital Boutique Browsing

If given the choice, and let’s face it it is almost always a choice, I will drive several towns away to avoid the crowds at the mall. The lights, the smells, the cranky people are an affront to my general well being and completely destroy any pleasure that shopping gives me. So I will stroll…