365 things to do in Worcester County - Celebrate your wedding anniversary in Holden  Today, July 22, 2011, is a special day for me and my husband.  Today we have celebrated our twenty first anniversary of the day we got married.  Our daughters woke us up and presented us with a huge basket of gourmet goodies with a card that said that my husband and I are their role models. We did not do anything out of the ordinary today.  I went to open a home for a plumber, my husband changed the breaks on the van.  I got my hair color and he watched a movie with our daughter.  Many years we celebrate with a dinner or a week end get away.  Not this year, we just saw each other periodically throughout the day, kissed and wished happy anniversary to each other. I sit here writing my daily blog with suc... 07/22/2011

365 things to do in Worcester County - Enjoy a meal at Friendly's restaurant in Holden.  Boy I'm stuffed.  Even an hour after I came home, I can honestly say that my crispy chicken salad was very filling and I believe that it wasn't too many calories either.  What a wonderful time the girls and I had enjoying each other's company after a short trip to the local mall.  What I really like about the Friendly's fair is the expectation of having food prepared exactly like the last time you had it.  When you find something you like at Friendly's, you can be sure that you will have the same taste the next time you come.  The food is fresh and the sodas are bottomless.  A little known fact about Friendly's, if you like soda water, as I do, it is absolutely free.   My daughter's have fond memor... 03/12/2011

365 things to do in Worcester County - host a French exchange student.  A few months ago, my daughter Sarah came home and exhidedly handed me a multi page document.  This set of forms explained the process of hosting an exchange student for a week.  My husband and I agreed to this request, not really knowing what to expect.   Last week we met Marine.  The pronounciation of her name came with a rolled "r" sound and a soft "n" ( as in the first n in the word onion).  Luckily for me, my three years of French (taken over 20 years ago) helped tremendously.  Marine informed us that she has been taking English for the last 8 years (huit ans).  We were not sure she could speak English since she only spoke French.  And when I asked her what foods she did not like, I was met with a blank stare.  ... 03/11/2011

365 things to do in Worcester County - shovel snow, shovel more snow, and shovel more snow.  Why does it still amaze us when we find out that even though we just had several blizzards, we are expecting even more snow?  May by it's our human nature to be optimistic, but we are bound to be bombarded by that dreaded white stuff in January and February.  We are lucky if we don't see the powder by mid March.  Actually, because my daughter's birthday is on the first or second day of Spring (March 21), I have been monitoring whether or not we have snow after her birthday.  I believe that it's only been 3 or 4 times that it had any accumulation after that date. So here we are, January behind us and February ahead.  All the news are predicting more snow to come.  Today, we lucked out and the tem... 02/05/2011

365 things to do in Worcester County - create a BNI group.  How did this get on my 365 things to do list, you might ask.  Well, it's very simple.  I saw the benefit in BNI last week and now am on a mission.  A co-worker of mine, Jim Tully, invited me to his BNI group.  I was eager to find out more about it until I learned that I had to get up at some ungodly hour to be at the meeting at 7:00 am.  There goes my beauty sleep.   The BNI group I attended, is located in West Boylston and has approximately 35 members.  They are all professionals but only one from each field is allowed.  The first 15 minutes are mingling and networking.  Then the meeting begins.  Each person has 50 seconds to give a "commercial" on their business.  Then three of the members give an in depth presentation.  This... 11/14/2010