Author Archives: Meghan
Granite State of Mind
With the closing of our old house behind us, and the completion of our new construction several months away we are heading to NH in the meantime. Thanks to the generosity of the inlaws, we’ll be staying in their vacation house near North Conway NH. Thanks to Greg Antman for bringing this great parody to … Continue reading
Hurry up and sell!
The last few months have been quite a crazy period for us, filled with serious decision making. When we moved to Baxter in the summer of 2007, we built a house with 3 bedrooms. It was huge to us, having come from several years of apartment living. Plus, it was only the two of us … Continue reading
Resolutions
Over the past few years, in particular when we were living abroad last year, Facebook became something of an addiction for me. I think there are two reasons why I check it do many times per day, and look at all the pictures my friends from grade school post: 1. I’ve always been really interested … Continue reading
A Lifestyle Change
For patandmeg.com the summer began with traveling and merrymaking with our friends and family, including two family reunions in the Poconos and New Hampshire, and a wedding in Puerto Rico. Besides the Gray family of Fort Mill, SC, there were three other guests that traveled with us to each of these occasions: Billy Beer, Wanda … Continue reading
Tomorrow is D-Day, or shall I say B-Day!
Tomorrow is a big day for the masterminds behind patandmeg.com: the friendly crews in Baxter start building our house! It’s very exciting to know that tomorrow marks the beginning of our countdown to moving south this summer.  The construction is slated to take about five months, meaning that if all (meaning the weather and the … Continue reading
The Bounty Hunting Teacher
Those of you that know me well know that at times I can have a bit of an addictive personality. I always seem to have some newfound obsession that I spend hours researching on the internet and even cause me to develop ridiculous schemes related to the object of my obsession. For example, last spring … Continue reading
Summertime and the livin’ is easy!
Indeed it is. Although I hate when people ask me if I got into teaching for the time off, it is in fact a wonderful thing! Since my liberation, err…I mean the last day of school with my lovely students, I have had lots of time to get into some crazy shenanigans! Here is a … Continue reading
On my way to riding around the world!
After yesterday, I am well on my way to riding around the world on a motorcycle! Pat and I went for my first real ride on some nice roads instead of the usual trip around the parking lot at the train station or Playland. It was about a 45 mile round trip, and I set … Continue reading
The Best Class Trip Ever!
While we were diving in Cayman, even the intervals of time on the surface between dives were enjoyable and informative thanks to Nick Buckley! We actually dove twice at Trinity Caves, the site where a few weeks before, David Blaine did a lot of the shooting for his latest TV special. Nick told us a … Continue reading
Hello Moto!
So now aside from my sexy Motorola Razr I will have another moto. Pat just won an E-bay auction for my motorcycle. For a learning bike we were expecting to get something used, but surprisingly the one we ended up with was only used to travel 4 miles! I am really excited about learning to … Continue reading
Becoming my mother!
Growing up there are always things that annoy us about our parents. Particularly as a teenager, we think about how silly are parents are and how when we grow up we will be nothing like them. Much to the dismay of our youth, as we grow up and enter a similar stage of life as … Continue reading
Teaching Through a Transit Strike
When I woke up Tuesday morning, I wasn’t really sure what the transit strike would mean for me. I knew that my usual Metro North trains would be running, and that I would be able to walk—like I usually do in good weather—from the train to work in about ten minutes. I sat watching the … Continue reading
Esto es un abuso!
Henderson, one of my most intelligent and astute seventh graders, put it so bluntly: this is abuse! He was referring to one of the many asinine things that happened at my school last week. Here is a short summary of the ridiculousness of the week: 1. Students at my school take Princeton Review Exams. This … Continue reading
The Deep Blue Sea
This afternoon rounded out our second day of diving here in beautiful Anguilla. I started out pretty afraid, as I have never been diving off a boat, let alone in the open waters. I think that the ride over to the first dive I was more nervous and scared than I was at any point … Continue reading
Zoom Zoom Zoom
After two hundred and some odd thousand miles, the Maxima is on its last leg. I think that moving from Connecticut was the straw that broke the little Nissan’s back. Well, not really, I guess it just made us realize the terrible shape that it was truly in. Because of some serious corruption, the car … Continue reading
From The Top Of A Mountain, To The Bottom Of The Sea.
Well not really the sea, it’s more like a lake, but it sounded more poetic that way. Well, it’s not exactly a natural lake either, but a former quarry that has now become the Mecca for divers in Tri-State area. Another of Pat’s attempts to get me acclimated to the great outdoors was his hope … Continue reading
Sping Break Miami! err…I mean good ol’Hollywood Beach, FL!
So you are wondering what a fun loving 22 year old chick like myself does for Spring Break? Here’s a glimpse of how I spent my vacation… 8:00am– Wake up–ahh, it’s a good day to be alive! 8:05am– Read and wait for grandpa to prepare his gourmet breakfast, complete with latte and fiber rich fruit … Continue reading
Seeing RED!?!
The slogan for the event was “Seeing Red,” but for the Estrada/Sierra family across the country it became the “Red Scare”! My grandparents left their homeland in search of a better life for their families. Their stories are wonderful triumphs of seeking political refuge and searching for the American Dream. Ask any other member of … Continue reading
Let’s call the whole thing off??
Here?s a little story from school?talk about a tongue twister! So LaTia and LaCreshia told Felix that LaTiesha said that she was going to get her cousin to beat him up. Felix was concerned and told his friend LaTasha about the situation. He instructed LaTasha to give Latiesha a talking to. ?LaTasha, don?t hit LaTiesha,? … Continue reading
Meghan Meets Marisa
I made an exciting and momentous purchase today at the Stamford Bridal Suite: my wedding dress! After many weekends of trying on dresses of all styles and prices, I finally made a decision?a Marisa gown after all. Interestingly, the dress that I chose was very similar to one of the dresses that I initially found … Continue reading