Mary Beth Evans Library

My New Adventure Thursday, February 17th, 2011 On my never ending road to…I’m not sure what, I took a canning class last weekend. When I told my husband I was going to spend my Saturday morning doing this, I have to say he did a double take. Unusual maybe, but I am always looking for [...]

HIGHS AND LOWS  February 4th, 2011 by Mary Beth Evans The last month has brought many highs and several lows. Some that are hard to wrap my head around. On the high, my kids were all home for about a month and now that they are adults or close to, we can really enjoy the [...]

My Holiday Recap Thursday, January 6th, 2011 I can’t believe another year has gone by. It seems like yesterday I was sharing last year’s holiday adventures with all of you. Crazy! All of my kids are older and my two oldest live away from home so the holidays are a great time for us to [...]

Happy Holidays! Thursday, December 23rd, 2010 It is so funny how things are now. My kids are coming home from far away places to gather for the holidays…Geez it seems to happen so fast that we as parents are sitting on “the other side.”  Just this week we heard our youngest son got into college and then… [...]

Holiday Traditions Thursday, December 9th, 2010 As you may or may not know, my husband and I have raised our children Jewish. I was not raised Jewish and actually had little knowledge of the faith, customs or heritage. Not to mention the FOODS of the holidays. As the years passed I learned a lot alongside [...]

How Yoga Changed My Life Wednesday, November 24th, 2010 As far back as I can remember my mother would fix things herself. A hammer and a screwdriver and she was ready to go.  I have always felt I could do things myself as well. I have painted all the rooms in my house myself, l planted all [...]

Just the Girls Friday, November 12th, 2010 This past weekend 9 women gathered in Colorado from around the country to celebrate my best friend Carrie’s “landmark” birthday. One from New York, one from Boston, one from Louisville, one from Colorado and five from southern California. Some of us had met before, some had not. What [...]

Make a Connection  Thursday, October 28th, 2010 We’ve come to an interesting place in society that I can’t help but take notice of. With the advancement of technology has come the regression of human to human contact. Why call when you can text right? Wrong. There is a whole generation of kids who can barely [...]

Step Outside the Box Thursday, October 14th, 2010 It’s not often in all of our busy lives that we really step outside of our “boxes” and experience new things. Last month my husband and I got the opportunity to do just that when some friends of ours generously took us on a trip to Bora [...]

A Matter of Respect Thursday, October 7th, 2010 I’m never one who wants to beat a dead horse, but I must continue on my child rearing observations and tidbits.  The other morning I was at a friend’s house and there was crazy screaming and yelling coming from somewhere outside. After determining it was coming from [...]