Winter Holiday Break.Day 15 and Counting. Goodbye Christmas. Until Next Year...
Saying goodbye to Christmas is always sad. From the day I put all the decorations up, right after Thanksgiving, I can't help but...
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Jan 1, 20223 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 14 and Counting. The Academy Awards Came Early for us!
I finally managed to fall one day behind with my rigorous blog post schedule. We were out all day yesterday and then celebrated last...
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Jana
Dec 30, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 13 and Counting. A Quiet day of Rain, Gingerbread People and a British pug
Lest you think we are up and at 'em everyday at the crack of dawn, out of the house and off to some exciting destination, that was not...
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Jana
Dec 30, 20214 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 12 and Counting. Westside Story & Get Back. Lots of Rain and Great Music.
We had tickets to go to LACMA (Los Angeles Country Museum of Art) today. However, when I went to check how long it would take to get...
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Jana
Dec 28, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 11 and Counting. It's That Time of Year Again. The Taming of the Roses!
Catherine had a slumber party in my room last night and slept at the foot of my bed in her unicorn sleeping bag. Fitzy cuddled with her...
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Jana
Dec 28, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 10 and Counting. Jewels and Jane - The Staycation is Back on!
We were back in action today, continuing on with our staycation. After yesterday's fairly dismal day, which felt like some sort of...
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Jana
Dec 26, 20214 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 9 and Counting. Boxing Day. Wait, I Thought I was Getting the day off?!
Although the meaning of Boxing Day seems to vary depending where you look, this was the meaning that resonated most with me: "The BBC...
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Jana
Dec 25, 20215 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 8 and Counting. Christmas Day at the Lieblich House!
After getting to bed around 12:30 last night, as I valiantly tried to compose yesterday's blog post, while falling asleep with my hands...
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Jana
Dec 25, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 7 and Counting. Christmas Eve at The Lieblich House!
It was a long day, but a nice day. Hard as I try to keep on schedule and not let things overwhelm me on holidays, they usually do. Like...
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Jana
Dec 23, 20212 min read
Winter Holiday Break. Day 6 and Counting. Marvel, Menchies and Lots and Lots of Rain.
After two days of playing hooky, it was time to pay the piper again today, at least for part of the day. I skipped my morning walk due...
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Jana
Dec 22, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break: Day 5 and Counting. A Perfectly Splendid Day Takes a Prickly Turn.
Our winter staycation continues. Today's outing was to The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. The kids...
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Jana
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break: Day 4 and Counting. Sometimes Covid is a (Good) Gift that Keeps on Giving.
In 2019, my mom's Christmas gift to us was a nine-month pass to Universal Studios. It was such a wonderful gift and the kids were so...
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Jana
Dec 21, 20213 min read
Winter Holiday Break: Day 3 and Counting. Staying Home can be fun! Or not.......
The truth is I can only play hooky for so long before I have to pay the piper. Two or three days is probably my maximum. So today was...
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Jana
Dec 19, 20212 min read
Winter Holiday Break:Day 2 and Counting. Playdates, More Playdates, Books and Sugar Plum Fairies
Today started out in a rather ordinary way. We had a loose plan for the day, but many details were not firmed up, which always proves to...
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Jana
Dec 18, 20212 min read
Winter Holiday Break:Day 1 and Counting. Backpacks, Passports, Contemporary art and Chinese Food!
I have spent the last month or so planning our Winter Holiday Break Staycation. Since we are not traveling, I wanted to make our break...
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Jana
Dec 14, 20215 min read
A Most Unlikely Reunion, Thirty-Five Long Years in the Making!
Is it possible that I am old enough to be reunited with college friends that I hadn't seen in 35 years? Apparently I am! Here starts a...
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Jana
Nov 29, 20215 min read
A Hallmark Channel Thanksgiving? Not Exactly, but Still Much to be Grateful for.
Is it just me, or is it mandated somewhere that all holidays have some sort of chaos, calamity or drama built in? And if that is the...
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Jana
Oct 30, 20211 min read
Let's get the Party Started! Fitzy Rings in His Last Year as a Tweenager.
Fitzy started his day with a perfect pram ride through Hidden Hills, visiting some of his favorite equine friends. Tommy Haflinger, the...
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Jana
Oct 29, 20213 min read
Toothless in Bel Air? If it's got to Happen Somewhere, it may as Well be in Bel Air.
Not that I was keeping track, but I think Miles' (first) tooth was "falling out" for close to two months. At least that's what it felt...
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Jana
Oct 24, 20213 min read
While Kim K was Living it up, "Live From New York...," we Celebrated in Hidden Hills, Without her.
Did any of you tune in to see Kim Kardashian-West on SNL a few weekends ago? Seeing as she is a neighbor, and therefore a potential...
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Jana
Oct 23, 20214 min read
If There's Somethin' Strange in the Neighborhood Who ya Gonna call? The Kardashians, That's Who!
If there's somethin' strange in the neighborhood Who ya gonna call... the Kardashians There's somethin' weird and it don't look good Who...
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Jana
Oct 21, 20212 min read
Dodger Blue - it Seems to run in the Genes. Granny is Beaming Down From Heaven Tonight!
If you read my last post, you wouldn't be surprised to learn that Garin isn't exactly a "sporty guy," as the twins like to call the jocks...
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Jana
Oct 19, 20215 min read
Where Would I be Without my Absolutely Brilliant and Quirky IT Guy? Utterly Lost, That's Where.
I must admit that I have been remiss in writing of late. It's not as if I don't have a bonafide get out of jail free card, being a single...
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Jana
Oct 8, 20214 min read
There's Nothing Like an Early Morning Call From a Loyal fan to get you Writing Again!
I was sitting at my desk this morning when my home phone rang. Ninety-nine percent of the time when I get a call on my home line it's a...
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