I spent M-F this week in Southport, NC, at a team meetup for work. We stayed in the beautiful Cape Fear House on the Cape Fear River. Unfortunately, it was unseasonably cold and we canceled our planned outing of taking a ferry to explore a local island. We did check out two local museums and…

I make all of my chicken-based soups with ground chicken + stock now. It is much faster and doesn’t dry out. Tonight’s edition is chicken and wild rice, my take on the Panera one. More snow! More sleet! More ice! We’ve had more precipitation this winter than the last five we’ve been in Peekskill. Ready…

Long week. Charlie was home 3/5 days of the work week (sick, then doctor, then snow storm), and work was very busy with a lot of people out sick or with kids home with school closed. I feel like all I’ve been doing at work this week is reacting and adapting to unplanned things. Multiple…

We have ice on the Hudson again, which is refreshing after having no ice last winter. Today the eagles were out hunting on the ice. I’ve enjoyed seeing photos of the Hudson River Ice Yachts. I’d love to try one some time! We are going through a phase where dinnertime has been a struggle most…