The Road to Mediocrity is Paved with Frozen Pizza

It gets me every time. I usually begin my day with an extremely satisfying, delicious vegan protein shake: low glycemic, gluten-free, and bursting with chocolate or vanilla fruit-spun goodness. For lunch, I have a whole-food veggie burger. I chop carrots, tomatoes, onions, and bright yellow peppers, add them to organic mixed green baby lettuce, and…

Angela and The Ashleys’ European Vacation- Part One

The Ashleys and I have been together in Portugal since Friday. How many crazy things could have happened in that short amount of time? Let’s begin. Obviously, our flight was delayed. So long, in fact,  we missed our connecting flight in Boston and they had to rebook us on a different airline that was leaving…

Struggle Buses and Cat Pee

Note to self: Wine Tour Party Buses are not your friend. Happy Birthday, Ashley! Moving on. Do you ever have times where your life motto could be “If it ain’t broke it will be tomorrow”? I just came back in from attempting to mow the lawn. I filled the little gas tank, revved the engine,…

The S Word

Another of my friends slips into a white dress, walks down an aisle, and says “I do.” She’s  beautiful and they are obviously crazy about each other.  I raise my third glass of wine at the reception, and say, from my heart, “It was nice knowing you.” At our age, the statistics aren’t  pretty. More…