I really don’t like sappy songs. I like the songs that have heartbeat and makes you want to move. I couldn’t think of a title for this blog post and for some reason “I started a joke, that got the whole world spinning”… just came into my head and will probably stay there for at…
Category: Finding Our People
The Systems and The Snow Storm
The past weeks we’ve been filled with information or non-information about the Epstein Files. I’m feeling it as just another breakdown in the “systems” that were created (by men) and we’ve been instructed to follow – to have a good life, to create the “dream”. I believe much of it has to do with evolution…
To Blog or Not To Blog?
The question is: do people even do this anymore? Seems like people are just obsessed with the next political disaster and there’s a 12-second limit on attention span. Are people following blogs and are blogs being written completely by AI? I went back to read my original posts and I found them quite entertaining. I…
Philadelphia Freedom
Almost 6 years from the last post. If you read the last one you could probably guess where our lives were headed. Not so much that we would end up where we started in the gritty city of Philadelphia, but that disenchantment with specifically LBI was coming, first slowly but then fast and furiously. The…
Skipped 2 years…
Just noticed the last post was 2018. God has time flied! Our grandson is now 4 1/2 and a new granddaughter has been added to the family. Just yesterday we got our youngest off our car insurance policy too. There was something a little sad about that. We are now in the end of 2020…
2018 Lost and Found – and celery juice too!
✌️❤️🐕🎁 Hello and good wishes for the coming year. If you haven’t already followed helenthemellon on Instagram and seen every moment of our life, here’s 2018’s revelations – LOST and FOUND: Helen started out by writing a snarky letter but decided that she and the world needs more love and positivity. And remember it’s all…
Moving and Anxiety, Often Not Perfect Together!
I’ve put my anxiety disorder out there quite a bit. I generally have a self help book (or 7) on my night table and at least 3-4 hypnosis apps on my iPad. I’ve tried years of therapy, acupuncture, meditation, buying therapeutic oils and stress relief gadgets. I’ve visited a medium, have several daily inspirationals that…
Winter’s Gifts
People keep asking us “But what about the winter?” It’s really kind of funny because people that live down here say “But what about the summer?”! We know people that rent out their homes and leave the island for the summer to live where there is less traffic and they can get to work quicker….
Our Move: a Year in Review
It’s actually been a little over a year since we relocated to the NJ Shore. Weirdly enough, it often feels like our previous life never existed. That or I’m truly experiencing some dementia. Although our 32 years in our former town were truly “the best years of our lives”, there was also the angst of…
Entertaining
We’re generally of the “go big or go home” entertaining types. Back in Maplewood we gave a huge July 4th BBQ for years. Then as significant people in our lives passed, Memorial Day became a time of celebration. That, owning a seafood business and our reluctance to entertain and go to or give a gazillion…
Yep, We’re Here!
and we’re trying to figure out activities on this Island, around our town and in our own home to get us on the same page. This idea came from following a blog of a couple moving south for their reitirement with what looked like plenty of funds and a magnificent renovation on a home in…
Taking Care of an Old Home
We’re 60+ and rather than moving to a 55 and over community we decided to move permanently to what was our rental property in Historic Beach Haven. Yes, the house is historic, built in 1893. The good thing is that after several devestating storms on this Island, the house still stands. So we’re feeling pretty…
Me, My Spouse and LBI 