A grandma who will remain unnamed let Ariella get her little fingers in our ice cream cake the other night at Amanda and my combined birthday celebration.
A big thank you to everyone for your generous gifts!
Each 4th of July party at our house is headlined by a smoked turkey. We usually pick an extra one (or three) up around Thanksgiving when they’re insanely cheap and keep it socked away in the freezer until a week before the 4th, when the defrosting process begins. This year’s bird was 19 lbs, and…
In what may be one of the stupidest governmental resolutions yet… right from my own backyard: Hamburg councilwoman Kathy Hochul says the town is hoping to make a statement to big oil companies by targeting one of them with a gas boycott. She says town vehicles will not be refilling gas tanks at any Exxon-Mobil…
Not a title you’d typically expect for a Lotus-geek related post, but I’m using it for good reason. A couple years ago I came up with this org chart hierarchy database that would create a visual representation of a person in the address book, showing their manager, their peers, and their subordinates, all based on…
To my complete shock and utter disbelief, the driving habits of thousands of Western New Yorkers did not suddenly improve after my exposé of their faults. Perhaps they felt I was unfairly singling them out, that they had good reasons for driving in the left lane. Ok. Let’s be fair and review some reasons, both…
Earlier this week the Central Terminal Restoration Corporation announced changes to the Board of Directors, and I was part of them. I was elected to the Board, and as Treasurer. Mark Lewandowski, former VP and Treasurer, was elected President. Tony Bylewski was elected Vice-Chair. Sara Etten and Jeff Ingersoll, both former Board Members, were re-elected….
A few weeks ago I joined the Southtowns Moms meetup group on Meetup.com. I was a little apprehensive about it, seeing that I am on the shier side when I first meet people I don’t know, but I am SOOOO glad I did! I went to the first meeting, introduced myself to some of the…