eatthefrostingfirst

  Things I’m observing on my tropical vacation: Palm trees and the ocean make everything better. So do fruity drinks on a beach. Teenaged girls are in way better physical shape than I was at their age.  And they walk around holding out their phones in front of them doing constant selfies. And they speak in a language that’s hard to understand  using words like “OBVI”. I love watching the littles play in the sand. Until they throw the sand at their sister and then get a time out. And then I smile and am grateful my littles are now bigs who are walking around the resort without needing time outs (that I’m aware of). School vacation week makes beautiful islands really crowded.  I did a roller coaster like water slide for the sake of my kids. And survived to write about it.  So what if the guy at the top told me it wasn’t scary at all. I was BRAVE!  People are walking the beach holding coconuts telling me they’ll  “spike it like you like it” and I decided we should all incorporate drinks i

  If you told our 16 year old selves that someday we would be using a camera to take pictures of our steak dinners or our selves after a bike ride and then show the world how we are sweaty and eating …I’m not sure we would’ve rushed to see those developed at the 24 hour photo booth.  We are now posting how we guess 5 letter words.  We all struggle with the birthday etiquette.  Do we like each post with a heart or a thumbs up? Or do we thank each person individually? Or option c- the group thank you the following day?  Facebook needs to jump on this and make a one easy collaborative “thanks for the birthday” love emoji so we can stop each year figuring out what is best. The New York Times needs to allow us all to read their articles for free and all ads need to be banned. I’m not bashing Facebook meta universe because believe me, I’m addicted as the next. But because I adore seeing pictures of your babies, their graduation hi-lights and where their next chapters are taking them.  I love