Category Archives: Tiny Obsessions

The Spring Tease…

THIS is the time of year when our sanity is REALLY tested. I call it the Spring Tease. A few days of nice weather followed by a return to snow and  bitter temps (it was 15 degrees this morning – that at least makes ME feel bitter). Fittingly, I am writing a column for NNY… Continue Reading

NNY Life Book Meeting/Signing with Ellen Marie Wiseman, Author of THE PLUM TREE

I am so happy to announce that NNY Life will be hosting a book meeting/signing with Ellen Marie Wiseman, the author of our February selection, The Plum Tree at the Flower Memorial Library’s “Old Watertown” Room on Sunday, March 3, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Book club, for me, is basically a necessity since… Continue Reading

Fitness for Women in NNY: Functional Fitness at the Watertown YMCA

In this series on fitness for women in northern New York, I’ll show a few of the many options available for getting in shape this year. This first post was written by Becky, the NNY Life Events Coordinator. Functional Fitness. Those words terrified me 14 months ago. Lifting weights seemed scary, mostly because I knew… Continue Reading

Winter Wardrobe Basics: Keeping Your Tootsies Warm & Stylish

Winter Wardrobe Basics: Keeping Your Tootsies Warm & Stylish

Brandi Browning, Stella & Dot Independent Stylist and the new NNY LifeStyle contributor, is working on expanding her shoe wardrobe from flip flops and ballet flats. Here are some options she’s found that are both stylish and practical.  When I found out we were relocating to Fort Drum, I had a minor freak-out moment. You… Continue Reading

New Year’s Resolution Revolution

Our household paper organization system with binders for school paperwork for Diva, Receipts & Taxes, Hobbies, Book Club, Classes, Organizing, Magazine Ideas including Fashion, Decorating, Art Projects and Makeup/Hair Watching that calendar roll over to a new year triggers something in most of us – a sense of new beginnings, a new starting place. Many… Continue Reading

A Dazzling New Year

Brandi Browning, Independent Stylist for Stella & Dot, contacted me through NNY Life earlier this month with an offer to contribute some items for the 12 Days of NNY Christmas giveaway. We were already a few days in by then, so I had my hands full with the contest. I had her send me more… Continue Reading

A Family Duty

We take voting pretty seriously at our house. We’re not especially political on one side or the other, but personally speaking, I’ve always felt a deep responsibility as an American to help decide who will run everything from my town board to the country as a whole. I think we women, especially, are far too… Continue Reading

Books. With Pages.

Books. With Pages.

Today I made my usual trip to the library – returned a couple of books, then picked up a couple that I’d requested through Interlibrary Loan. I was turning to make my way back outside when I glanced behind the circulation desk and noticed the tell-tale signs of the annual Flower Memorial Library Book Sale… Continue Reading

Reflection

For all the years we’ve owned our place on Lake Ontario, I’ve been wanting to capture the beauty of the night sky on a clear night at our cottage. With my old camera – a Nikon Coolpix P510 (a glorified point-and-shoot) – I couldn’t even get my camera to focus on the moon and its… Continue Reading

Tiny Obsession: HBO

Tiny Obsession: HBO

Let me preface this by saying I haven’t been a big TV watcher these past couple of years. That hasn’t always been the case. My husband and I fell in love over an episode of “Seinfeld.” I can name just about any 80s TV sitcom or cartoon theme song. I went through mourning when “Friends”… Continue Reading

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