Committing to Have and to Hold

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Apparently, I have commitment issues. Do not tell this to my husband, to whom I have been married for thirty-one and a half years. He might start to worry. Or, he might start to wonder why I didn’t inform of this before now, providing him with a possible out. But it’s not about him, or marriage, [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:33-04:00January 29th, 2013|0 Comments

Musings on a Handbag

Posted by Mary Fran Bontempo I'm on the hunt for a new handbag and it's been an arduous search.Here are my daughter Laura's hilarious thoughts on other ways a purse might be useful!Ode to a Handbag If I Could Date a HandbagNo troubles I would haveEverything I’d need would be in that little bagI could open it when I wanted, and spend all of its moneyI’d never have to kiss it or even [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:33-04:00January 26th, 2013|3 Comments

When is a Color Not Just a Color?

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. I've been spending a lot of time looking at colors lately. In the fall, I made the clearly ill-thought out decision to repaint both of our bathrooms as well as our powder room, foolishly believing that by Thanksgiving (HA!), I'd have three "new" bathrooms. I'm still hoping to have the painting done by Thanksgiving, but now [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:33-04:00January 22nd, 2013|1 Comment

Spreading the "Crazy" Around

By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below.   I'm enjoying many things about my kids getting older--not the least of which is that they now do their own laundry. But by far the most gratifying side effect of their maturing is their slowly dawning realization that their mother--me--is not the only "crazy" parent in the house. It's safe to say that every woman [...]

2018-10-30T09:48:34-04:00January 15th, 2013|0 Comments
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