From Four Seasons to Two?

Mid to High 80’s with clear blue skies. That’s been the unseasonably warm weather here on the Jersey coast the past few days. As a Jersey native who grew up spending my summers on the beach, I love summer. In fact, in the dead of winter you would have heard me lamenting the bone-chilling temperatures and wishing for summer to come. There’s nothing like that first funnel cake on the boardwalk or opening all the car windows and blasting Springsteen on the radio. The traffic I was stuck in this weekend re-iterated that I was not the only one who felt this way.

As much as I love summer, I also love that the Northeast offers four distinct seasons. Well, if I remember my seventh grade Social Studies correctly, I believe New Jersey is actually a mid-Atlantic state. But, I digress. The point is that it seems that we no longer have four distinct seasons. Summer fades to winter and winter quiickly becomes summer. I miss the crisp, cool autumn mornings and the comfortable Spring temperatures with its light breezes. This past weekend made me realize that I might not be quite ready for the dog days of summer just yet.

Rain, Rain, Go Away!

It’s another wet and dreary day here in New Jersey!  Yes, I know that April showers bring May flowers but I think we’re beginning to border on the extreme here.  Granted, I haven’t kept statistics but it certainly feels that it’s been raining for weeks on end. 

Perhaps my perception of the weather has been soured by the fact that I have an active preschooler at home who desperately needs some time outside at the park or nearest playground. 

I have become my mother with the incessent “Stop jumping onthe couch!”  “Stop or you’ll hurt yourself!”  “Stop banging!”  How did that happen?

Finally!

It’s been a long time coming but I’m proud to introduce my new blog, “Beyond the Attractions”!  Here I’ll be sharing my love of Disney World and also the trials and tribulations of a young family with kids.  Oh… and anything else that’s on my mind!

Welcome to “Beyond the Attractions”