Apple Addiction

A couple weeks ago, the man selling apples at the Farmers’ Market offered FG a “taste” of a freshly picked cortland apple and from that bite, she’s been hooked. She looked at the bowl of apples on the counter yesterday and saw only three apples left. She got a bit of a twitch and said “Mommy, [...]

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A Different Kind of Island Paradise

One of the cutest of the summer homes located on the St. Lawrence River. I imagine it would be “healthy” having a getaway such as this to escape the stress of city life.

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Touring the Thousand Islands

Boldt Castle, NY
Yes, Thousand Island  dressing does get its name from this area.
We spent a few hours yesterday on a boat touring the St. Lawrence River. The weather was spectacular and I was fascinated by all the islands, big and small, with the beautiful summer homes of the rich. The tour took us into [...]

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Yummy Foods at the Farmers’ Market

We’ve been frequenting the Fairground Farmers’ Market and I’ll be sad when they pack up for the winter. The market is open every Saturday (9am to noon)from May until the third weekend in October. FG can’t get enough of the delicious apples here in upstate NY and FM loves the fresh sweet corn. I like all [...]

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Second Set of Visitors

We’re enjoying our second set of visitors ~ FM’s parents. Now that we’re back in the states and it doesn’t take several time zones or crossing the international dateline to get to us, we’re hoping to have lots of visitors while we’re stationed here in the beautiful North Country.
 
FM’s parents are staying with us just one night since they brought [...]

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One Month’s Rent?

No, just a night in New York City. 
FM is running in the NYC marathon in November and we’ve put off making plans to go since I didn’t know if I would have the energy to join him. Thankfully, the iron supplements seem to be working so FG and I will tag along. I LOVE being in a [...]

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Time To Buy The Long Johns…

…there’s a frost advisory for early tomorrow morning!

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Pleasures vs Comforts

“It’s nonsense to say money can’t buy happiness. But people exaggerate the extend to which more money can buy more happiness.”  Daniel Kahneman, Nobel Prize in Economics
Sometimes I feel a little guilty about the money we spend on traveling. FM NEVER gives it a second thought ~ he’d travel every free moment he had from [...]

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Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

I survived my MRI yesterday and can honestly say I hope to never need another one. Thanks to KBG’s advice, I asked and was granted a foot first entry. I still felt a wee bit claustrophobic, the noise was tremendous and, at first, I thought I was hearing my own pounding heart but even when [...]

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Design Star in Hawaii

FG & I are big fans of the show Design Star and it was an extra treat last night when the two finalist’s challenge was to redesign a suite at the Outrigger Reef on the Beach in Waikiki, Hawaii. We’ve had the pleasure of staying there and it brought back a lot of fun memories. FM [...]

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