Exciting!! New!!

I've said before, I am going away for ten days, starting on Friday this week.

I have an interesting line up of guest bloggers.

My sister, Cathy, who goes by Casey but I'm her sister and I'll always call her Cathy. I'm sure she will write something from her heart because she tends to be one of the most trusting people I know. I can't do a serious introduction because she is my "seester" and while I will always argue with her about religion, worry horribly about the latest man in her life, we are each other's fiercest allies.

Jeanine's sister Toni, who is a Republican nightmare but yes, I still love her. Toni is a self made successful business woman who has had the guts to hire her own family and be her mother's boss. Recently, Toni and I found an amazing common political ground- we both dislike Hillary Clinton. It was a fabulous, if not incredibly rare moment.

My friend Susan Eaton, who is nationally known for her work on public education, having written several books on the subject, The Other Boston Busing Story: What`s Won and Lost Across the Boundary Line, and The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial and Dismantling Desegregation: The Quiet Reversal of Brown V. Board of Education a book she co-wrote with Gary Orfield. She is currently working on immigration issues and I'm sure will post on that. Susan's biggest claim to fame, however, is being a Naughty Mom, a group of women who rage against the proper suburban rules and meet at my house for too many cocktails and lots of gossip.

My friend Louise Kennedy, who is one of the most proper suburban mothers I know- NOT- whose son is my middle son's best buddy. Her humor and sharp wit makes her a leading member of the naughty mom's group, although I doubt that's on her resume. Louise is the Theater Critic for the Boston Globe but her writing career is long and varied.

My best pal I've known forever, Kristen Bjork, will write a piece. I've known Kristen as long as I've lived in Boston, over twenty years, and she's been through my previous girlfriend, the Gay Games in 1990, my life as a volleyball player, our arguements on the sidelines of our girlfriends soccer games about having children and the environmental impact, and ultimately, both of our mothers death last year.

My friend Donald, Myer who lives up in DownEast Maine, and always has a comment or two or three to add to the blog. Donald has watched, through Walter and Allan's eyes, the evolution of our family. Donald has also provided the home for many years of "Dads Camp," calmly entertaining three wild boys on too much sugar. He's a good friend with a lot of common sense and, as he will I'm sure point out, all of his teeth still.

I'm hoping my friend Marie Tibbets will find time to post a little something. Marie is my trivia expert and whenever I'm stuck for a blog idea, she manages to email me something that either makes me laugh out loud or makes me mad. I can't even begin to mention all the blogs she was responsible for putting in my head to write.

I have lined up a couple posts I've already written, to be published in my absence- depressing, sad stuff. You know, I just love the holiday season...

And when I return, I hope to be refreshed, and have a ton of amazing photos to share. Not to mention new energy to take on the candidates running for President.