So one time Mary and her mom and I headed over to Sam’s Town for a little gambling fun. Since her mom was a big video poker fan, we decided to try that. Now Mary’s mom was not just a fan, she was actually pretty good at it. She had on several occasions hit the … Continue reading “Lucky in Las Vegas, Episode 4”
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All Roads Lead to Northville
So, one winter my wife’s cousin John’s girlfriend Carmel (that’s a lot of words with no verb) talked several of us into renting a cabin in upstate New York for a weekend. (By that I mean actual upstate where Canada is closer than NYC, not NYC upstate which is anything north of the city limits.) … Continue reading “All Roads Lead to Northville”
Lucky in Las Vegas, Episode 3
I mentioned earlier that whenever we went to Las Vegas that we were mostly going to visit the in-laws. Still, whenever we were there we usually managed to find an evening or two where we’d go out to Sam’s Town to do a little gambling. So one night Mary wasn’t feeling well but her mom … Continue reading “Lucky in Las Vegas, Episode 3”
Thanksgiving Kept A-Rolling
One year for Thanksgiving the in-laws decided we’d all take a train down from NYC to Orlando FL to do Disney. (Later, when we moved to Orlando, we’d find out that is one of the busiest times of the year.) So, we packed up our stuff and headed out – me, Mary, a very young … Continue reading “Thanksgiving Kept A-Rolling”
Adventures in House Hunting
After we’d been married a short while and had our first child, my wife Mary and I decided it was time to buy a house. We looked around the New York City/Northern New Jersey area for a few months, but everything nice we couldn’t afford and everything we could afford wasn’t nice. We learned that … Continue reading “Adventures in House Hunting”