I don’t know about you, but I could use a little easy these days. So here we go, an easy old school blog list from Elaine via Shell. Wanna play? Copy the list, plug in your answers and share on your blog. I feel far too old to play the tag game, so I’m not; [...]

You’d think that after 17 years I’d forget the details. After all, I fill my grocery cart with food already in my kitchen and forget which days the kids are supposed to go somewhere other than home. As I get older details seem to fade, but this memory seems like yesterday. In reality, my oldest [...]

It’s that time…blog hop time. My word this year is embrace. And, since I’m being honest and I’m too damn tired to try to get any kind of project done that fits the prompt, I’m going to embrace reality and admit that I only logged on to look at Ali’s prompt about a week ago. [...]

Well hello, May. I'm happy to see you. April whizzed by so quickly it's little more than a blur, and was filled with the usual routine of work and kids but it was also a month of looking at my word–embrace–with new eyes. As I stop and think about it, I'm happy at how I [...]

At first glance it seems the same.  Pretty much. About this time last year I was thinking too much about Mother's Day. Getting wrapped up in school events and dreading the thought of the pull between restless kids and working at home during summer break and  juggling deadlines and profiles and not making time to [...]

Good isn't a word I've used often this week.  I've been too wrapped up in the events of the world, the pain and the fear and the heartbreak that's been happening around my little bubble in the beige. I've also been nursing my own wounds, being a girl over a boy and stressing out about [...]

Everywhere and nowhere. My favorite place to be. Everywhere bridges old and new Comfort and excitement Memory and wanderlust. Dad's home in the quiet My own place in the beige Any corner booth my kids dive into Every conversation with a friend. Nowhere lingers in the corners Always there. Always waiting. Painfully patient. Strongest when [...]

"I'm so double digits, yo." Not the words I expected to hear as we pulled overgrown henbit from our paltry excuse for a flower bed. "You're not yet, technically." I said. "Oh, but I am. In my heart. Because it's only a few months. You just probably forgot because you've been double digits for a [...]

I can safely say I never thought I'd blog about eggs. Life is funny, though, and by funny I mean more than just laughter inducing. I mean confusing, infuriating, frustrating, ironic, intimidating, exhausting and–yes–sometimes just funny.  This past month has been particularly funny. So funny that I've questioned and doubted and hemmed and hawed even [...]

March…I don't even know where to begin. I went back and revisited Marches of years past; seems to traditionally be a month of either tough transition or travel for me. This year it was both. Personally and professionally it was HUGE; so huge, in fact, I don't think I've wrapped my head around all of [...]