Category Archives: weekend

I just closed the books on another year of tracking time. I have now tracked the past four years of my life in half-hour increments. …Read More

Many years ago, when I was an intern in Washington DC, I spent a lovely early April afternoon gawking at the cherry trees. These gorgeous …Read More

The second half of my week -- from Thursday afternoon to Monday morning -- was full and mostly good. I went to choir practice Thursday evening …Read More

For Christmas, my sister-in-law and I gave my husband and his brother a long weekend ski trip. So they took off for Colorado Thursday to …Read More

This weekend was different in every way, shape, and form, from last weekend. Instead of maximizing time at theme parks, we didn't do much of …Read More

On some level, this was a reasonably full weekend. On Friday night, my husband and I went to his office Christmas party. On Saturday, I …Read More

There are downsides to having a December birthday (the combo birthday/Christmas present). But there are upsides. There are lots of festive possibilities this time of …Read More

We made it through the 4-day (or 4.5-day, but who's counting…) weekend. We visited my brother's family in New Jersey for the Thanksgiving meal itself. …Read More

My husband took our two older boys to College Station, Texas this weekend to see the A&M game (and meet up with various relatives who …Read More