Martini Musings

Boo Hoo!!   With Halloween knocking on our doors, I have recently found out that there are so many great, safe places for kids to do their trick-or-treating! I used to be in a neighborhood that had more kids than we could handle and buses/vans brought even more kids in, but we didn’t mind. It was festive, it was fun and candy was cheap! I’m not sure what is really expected on Halloween anymore because it seems activities happen all month long. Halloween used to be the only day to collect candy. But now, there’s so much more, and then, there’s not. Candy is ridiculously expensive too! Case in point…many schools have stopped the parties due to the abundance of allergies, “healthy food” efforts, stranger danger and those candies that pop up with unsafe materials/drugs in them. It’s been an effort for there to be a happy medium, outside of Halloween. After all, those costumes take a lot of time, energy, and money to just be used one night. With Covid, individually wrapped thi...

  So Much to Do…            So Little Time October is half over and my lists are growing! I have a lot of “goals” and right now, I’m not sure I will get through them. First off, some of you know that I basically cancelled October. By that I mean I have been homebound since returning from the wedding 11 days ago. This has been by choice while I am doing a chemo-cream treatment on my face, at home. Now, for some of you, this may be no big deal. However, it is supposed to really treat the “hot spots” or pre-cancerous spots on your face. In the process, you apply the cream like sunscreen on your face, but you need to avoid the sun and any heat. The process involves an ugly follow-up with blisters/peeling/burning/and more!! Sorry that there was no warning. I’m going to spare you with anymore of the details but suffice to say, I was not sure what to expect. Fortunately, for me, it has not been as bad as I anticipated…I learned fro...

  Just another weekend getaway…or was it?   Last Thursday, after work, I headed out for a wedding in Pittsburgh. Due to the timing of the wedding, I needed to get there by noon on Friday. I decided to treat myself to an overnight at a halfway point, just north of Columbus. I mean who wouldn’t enjoy a hotel room with a comfy bed and no interruptions? I had even decided to treat myself to a restaurant dinner…which is a big deal for me to eat alone in a restaurant. So, I left Portland (where I work) and headed north. I had beat the rush hour in Louisville and was expected to arrive at the hotel between 7-7:30pm. Promptly at 4:40pm, I came to a complete stop on I-71. I was just past exit #34. My GPS warned me of a 20 minute slow down, but nothing more. I looked at the GPS map and saw nothing but a red line all the way up on 71…not a good sign! So I put the car in park, and just started flipping through my phone…email, Facebook, and then my guilty pleasure game, Triple Tile...

  Bad CeCe, Good CeCe….   With my crazy schedule the last two weeks, I shamefully forgot to celebrate my Adrian. He turned two on September 26 and I totally planned to celebrate him on my blog when I skipped last week. Bad CeCe! So, today, it’s about Adrian! Afterall, someday he may be reading these posts and I would be crushed if he thought I forgot him. Good CeCe!! Both of my grandsons were born before or during Covid. Gabriel arrived a few months before and Adrian in the heart of it all. Fortunately, I was able to sit and wait nearby for Gabriel, but this time around, I could not do that. Then again, I realized that I was going to be in charge of Gabriel while his parents were with the new baby. I remember thinking how excited we were for Gabriel and I was determined that this second baby would not get any less attention and love. I was thrilled to watch Katie and Anthony become parents once again. Gabriel and I waited anxiously for our text/call announcing his ...