Curtin Call

I love Halloween. It’s probably my favorite holiday (well, maybe, I’ll have to think about whether it really beats spending Thanksgiving in my pajamas, next to the fire, with Tom turkey cooking in the oven!) I love Halloween because its all about the kids. In my opinion, most holidays have become all about the gifts [...]

I’m really, really glad its Friday. I’ve had a very difficult week. My brother was in an accident on Tuesday and was brought to the trauma intensive care unit at Beth Israel Hospital from NH. He broke two bones in his neck but someone was watching over him because they did not sever his spinal [...]

I was just reading through some of my old posts. In just a short period of time, I found myself laughing and then I found myself crying and then, laughing again. More than anything, though, I found myself being thankful that I have been keeping this blog for the past 3+ years because where else [...]

… why I don’t gamble. ‘Cause I stink at it! MegaMillions – nothing. MegaBucks – nothing. $5 scratch ticket – nothing. 2-$2 scratch tickets – nothing. I’m having a tough time comprehending how people can think that stuff is fun and I’m having an even harder time understanding how anyone can actually get addicted to [...]

Yes, I’m thinking about it. My buddies, Ben and Stacy (whose link I can’t find right now) both post their photos to flickr. People keep asking me to see pictures of the house and I can’t, for the life of me, figure out how to post them on this new blog of mine. So, here’s [...]

Since we’ve been in the new house, neigbors have been telling us that there is a family of deer that lives in the woods behind us. Last night, we saw them! It appeared to be two fawns that were wandering through the yard looking quite mystified. It was really quite amazing for us! My first [...]

Okay. This lottery thing is not working. One number… again. You know what, though? I thought about it last night and I don’t think I’m going to continue even trying to win the lottery. This may sound strange, but… I don’t want to be a millionaire. I want only to be able to choose to [...]

Okay. That didn’t work. I got one number in Mega Millions which nets me $0. Tonight is Megabucks – yeah, I’ll give that a shot!

I love weekends. I love being in my new home. It was gloomy and wet outside on our holiday yesterday but I didn’t care. Being there is still better than being here. I told Brian I was going to start playing the lottery so I only have to work when I want to work (and [...]

Well, if y’all aren’t tired of hearing about the house already, here’s the latest. We’ve been busy, busy, busy getting the outdoorsy stuff done, while the weather is still permitting! At this point, all trees/bushes that needed to be pulled out/cut down have been (we filled a 20 yard and a 10 yard dumpster mostly [...]