Don’t wait until the last minute to plan for Mother’s Day. On May 8 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and May 9 from noon to 6 p.m., Sharp’s at Waterford Farm in Brookeville welcomes moms, grandmothers and any special woman in your life for day of fun and flowers. From noon to 6 p.m., [...]
Archive for April, 2010
Mother’s Day weekend at Sharp’s
Friday, April 30th, 2010Me time at the Smithsonian
Friday, April 30th, 2010This blog was written by my co-editor Cheryl Clemens: On Wednesday I did something I’ve never done in my life, and I can’t believe it took me 44 years. I spent a morning alone at the Smithsonian — and it was one of the best mornings I’ve had in a long, long time. As I [...]
Author Laura Numeroff in town for free storytime
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Laura Numeroff, author of “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” and “If You Give a Pig a Pancake,” will be at Sleepy’s Mattress in Ellicott City today from 4 to 5 p.m. to read stories and promote the benefit of bedtime stories. Numeroff has partnered with FirstBook, a non-profit organization that provides new books [...]
Too late to block out the past
Thursday, April 29th, 2010Today I am seriously regretting the baby oil and aluminum foil covered record albums. I’m kicking myself for the years of burning and peeling and sun worshipping. Because today marks the beginning of the paybacks. I’m headed to the plastic surgeon to have two moles removed because the biopsies came back “funny.” One is on [...]
“This I Believe…”
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010Walking around the track, seeing the look on people’s faces, hearing the stories being told, and the hope and love being shared; this is Relay for Life. Relay for Life is a community event where people come and work together to find a cure for cancer. But really, it is much more than just that, [...]
One year later
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010As some of you may recall, my husband was laid off last year. Today marks the one-year anniversary. I won’t lie. It has been a trying year. We found out a lot about our finances, our professional goals and our relationships with each other and our children. But to be honest, we are better off [...]
Order out of chaos
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010Susan Shofer Baron used to compare her 12-year-old daughter’s room to the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, minus the water damage. “Hannah’s room was a nightmare and I told her she must do something about it if she wanted her mother to live without a pacemaker implanted in her heart,” she said jokingly. “Visual noise is [...]
Fundraising-a-thon
Tuesday, April 27th, 2010My son came home from preschool yesterday with yet another fundraising request. It just about tipped me over the edge. Don’t get me wrong, it was for a very worthy cause. It is something I would support wholeheartedly if there weren’t so many other worthy causes we’ve already pledged to support. The thing is, it’s [...]
From eczema to asthma
Monday, April 26th, 2010When she was 18 months old, Ann Boarman had an anaphylactic reaction to her grandmother’s beef stew. She started coughing, vomited and began swelling up. Since she’d already shown signs of other food allergies, her parents were prepared. They gave her Benadryl, administered an EpiPen (a dose of epinephrine in a fail safe shot) and [...]
Birthday blog
Monday, April 26th, 2010Today is my best friend’s birthday. She’s the kind of friend who never forgets a birthday, anniversary, feast day — what have you. She is my older son’s godmother and she remembers events in his life even I forget — like the day he was baptized. Once she gave me a great birthday calendar so [...]