In a nutshell 😘

  • Olden-times Easters

    Easter is a holiday that was a lot more fun when I was a kid. Like in kindergarten when we made hats by stapling paper flowers to the top of a styrofoam plate and securing it with a big satin ribbon tied under our chins. We’d have a parade around the school to show off…

  • A Dream on Elm Street.

    Right before we got married, PJ and I lived in an apartment on Elm Street in Huntington, NY. It was far from a nightmare (ba dum bah 🥁). I loved Huntington. If Long Island taxes weren’t so ridic and we could afford to stay there, it’s where I wanted to live. Alas, all we could…

  • The Life of Tommy Condon – How he met my Mother

    Tommy Condon was working on Wall Street when he overheard his co-workers talking: Larry: I want to go out with Sara but she’ll only go if her cousin comes too. Wanna go? Gene: Does she go to bed? Larry: No. Gene: Nah, not interested. Larry, looking around the room: Tommy, you wanna go? Where Gene’s…

  • Brit Love.

    I would say I was a Brit in a past life, but I spill way too much of my personal life to have that honor. The British are often quite reserved. Like, what’s going on in the Beckham family – I’m sure if Brooklyn didn’t disown his parents first, they would have disowned him for…

  • The Life of Tommy Condon – The Unholy Hotdog

    My father Thomas Condon, Jr. is 81 years old. PJ and I have referred to him as the real-life Forrest Gump. Yes, he has the gift of gab like Forrest, but it’s the way he has always lived his life that reminds us of Gump – floating along like a feather in the wind. Pa,…

  • Divorce him.

    Does your husband: Belittle you? Yes? Divorce him. Lie to you? Yes? Divorce him. Never on your side? Yes? Divorce him. Make you feel safe & secure? No? Divorce him. Dependable? No? Divorce him. A man-child? Yes? Divorce him. Think he deserves for the world to give him everything? Yes? Divorce him. Act one way…