by DianneSalerni | Feb 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
My mother asked me to take care of her plants while she was in Aruba.I sighed. Plants and I don’t have a great working relationship – especially houseplants. I do like flowers in my garden, but I don’t want to work very hard for them. I admit I really enjoy their...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 2, 2011 | Uncategorized
I can’t believe it’s February; there’s snow and sleet outside; record low temperatures – and I still have living stinkbugs in my house. As I write this, there is one flying round and round the light fixture, banging noisily into the glass globe.Stinkbugs – oh, how we...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 28, 2011 | Uncategorized
Granted, the snowstorm started earlier than expected. We were supposed to get rain on Wednesday, and the snow wasn’t supposed to start until that evening. But when I got up in the morning, it was snowing like the dickens, and I had received no call.I’m supposed to get...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
A sinus infection has knocked me flat this week, so Gina is stepping in with a guest post, reviewing the newest book in her favorite series: The Worst Case Scenario Junior Edition. Read at your own risk!The WORST-CASE SCENARIO Survival Handbook: GROSS Junior Edition...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
The Dread Daughters received bows and arrows for Christmas from my mother-in-law. (New at the Salerni House: Now More Dread per Daughter!) No worries, though. We approved the purchase, and my husband was the one to pick them out, buy them, and deliver them to his...
by Dianne Salerni | Dec 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sorcia says, “THIS is a blizzard?”I may very well eat my words if I wake up tomorrow (not too long after this post is published) and discover 4 feet of snow outside, but at 10pm on Sunday night, the Big 2010 Christmas Blizzard seems to be a Big Nothing. Yes, I will...
