We are getting the grandchildren for Halloween this year. They are staying the weekend. Beth, who will be three in December, is going to be a ballerina. Little Noah, who will turn one tomorrow, will wear a cute little pumpkin costume.  

As reported by the Huffington Post...   This is Betty -- a chicken with more Twitter followers than you.   Chicken Treat, an Australian fast food chicken chain, has put the bird to work for it's new ad campaign. Betty is assigned a life of professional tweeting until she can produce a five-letter English word.   Watch the video  

Being from the pre Baby Boomer Silent (who knew) Generation there have been many big changes over my lifetime. For instance:  1) Computers, the Internet-social media2) No Smoking in restaurants, etc.3) Legalized Abortion4) integration (Obama)5) Gay rights6) World wide economy (foreign cars)7) Beatles-Stones8) Global warming (flooding)9) Cable TV10) Sushi11) Walmart, Home Depot12) Renewed racial unrest-gun violence And then there are zip and bar codes, cell phones, GPS, the Designated Hitter and what else?

Mr. Moskowitz, my seventh-grade Math teacher, was a nice enough guy, and a pretty good teacher. One thing that annoyed us, as students, were his “surprise quizzes”. The quizzes invariably came on Mondays - but not every Monday (otherwise where’s the surprise?).

When I first moved to Manhattan, 1975!, I couldn't imagine ever wanting to be anywhere else, but after 20 or so years, I began thinking about a home outside of the city. Eventually, my sweetheart and I purchased a lovely cabin in the woods in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. We rented a home in Middletown, NY to see if we really would use it or if it was just a theoretical want. Well, we did really use it and have enjoyed our Bucks cabin for about 8 years.

I do not understand the sneaker mania craze. A few years ago, I blogged about a Sneaker Expo that my son and his friend attended. Recently, however, sneaker mania leapt to new levels in my house.

  I have a habit that drives my husband crazy; I am a snoozer. Every morning, I set my alarm clock for, at least, fifteen minutes before I have to get out of bed. Then, in the morning, I let the alarm clock go off and hit the snooze button, at least three times. Obviously, my snoozing habit wakes my husband up if he’s still sleeping.  

We had a family dinner outing last night, Eve, my sister Alison, son Joshua and daughter in law Lisa,and son Max and his girlfriend Jaymie. It was a celelbration for Max and his success in law school.