“I had that put up there for you.” Words uttered by my husband, upon seeing a message painted on the side of an abandoned building. If only he were HALF that romantic! An Italian husband really would’ve had a sign painted for his beloved wife, but not my Mutt. That said, I’ll take the crumbs. Happy New Year to One and All !!! xoxoxo P.S. I’m kidding about Funk not being romantic. Mostly. The photo: seen today on our walk.

Avenge. I have a lot of feelings about that word, or really, the action. It seems like avenging someone was an everyday occurrence not so long ago. And while I’ve never been avenged, if something horrible went down to me or someone in my circle, I feel like we’d be able to move on a whole lot quicker if the act was taken care of immediately, and in a no-nonsense way. But as always, the good Lord has never afforded me black and white thinking. Once I make a firm decision, gray comes to the forefront. Like, what impact would […]

Funk is so weird. Since I was 13 years old, I’ve been hanging with the same group of friends from Long Island. Of course, living in the Midwest for 25 years, Funk had only met them sporadically, and he didn’t meet everyone until we moved back to the East Coast in 2011. This past Memorial Day we had a party at our beach place, where Funk met my 2nd boyfriend for the first time. And by boyfriend I mean, I dated the kid for a month when I was 13. Hey, don’t make fun! When you meet your husband 60 […]