I’ve been blogging for years, but personal blogging has taken a back burner to more pressing uses of my time, e.g., meeting deadlines and paying bills. However, here and there a post, photo, or random musing bubbles to the surface and begs to be published–here’s where I file it. Enjoy.
I am house sitting for my aunt and woke up tired. Those two things are entirely unrelated. What is related? » The design mockups I need to wrap today. » The other design mockups I need to wrap tomorrow. » The post I need to finish writing that publishes tomorrow. Because I will see no [...]
‘”Dear, sweet Mabel,” she said. “We never know what is going to happen, do we? Life is always throwing us this way and that. That’s where the adventure is. Not knowing where you’ll end up or how you’ll fare. It’s all a mystery, and when we say anything different, we’re just lying to ourselves. Tell [...]
Because of the nature of my work schedule I am often the last (wo)man standing in our home. After shutting the lid on my laptop, I begin my night-time routines: double-checking the doors, turning off overhead lights and lamps, picking up the miscellaneous items strewn here and there, folding the throws tossed across the couch [...]
This is my current journal. The simplicity of the single heart impression initially grabbed my eye, but I knew I would buy it after feeling the buttery softness of its red leather cover. Even the hue of red was perfect–a deep, introspective blue-red, as opposed to the more popular fiery orange-red. And yes, that is [...]
This evening marks Emelie’s first semi-formal high school dance. We heard about it about 2 months ago through the homeschool grapevine. After mailing in her registration, the dress discussion began. Emelie was adamant she did not want to purchase anything that actually looked like a prom dress. More to the point, she stated that the [...]
It has been a month since I posted last. A month. That said, I refuse to bore you with a narrative of everything that has kept me away. Instead I’ll spill what’s in my head at this very moment: 1. I love my husband. I love that when he’s home he can often be found [...]
The kids and I are all longing for summer. While our summer ushers in unfathomably hot and humid days, it also comes with REGULAR sunshine, swimming, sleeping in, swimming, camps, swimming, vacations, and…SWIMMING! Yesterday it rained and rained. I preferred to think of the raindrops as sympathy tears for the hours and hours of tax [...]
Today I’m working on taxes. Taxes. Actually, I’ve been working on taxes now for 2 full days. All day. And because I’m sort of a crip these days, I can’t get away from it. Any of it. I’m surrounded by receipts, a printing calculator, pen/pencils, a stapler, a ruler, paperclips, alligator clips, a Sharpie, a [...]
A little less than a year ago we introduced a new family member into our home. The little bundle of whiskers and fur was specifically designed to heal the ache left behind from JoJo‘s disappearance. By the time JoJo came up missing he and Emelie were inseparable, which is why it was so difficult when [...]
Before you think this post is anything short of a venue for unrestrained gloating over my new Bose QuietComfort 15 Acoustic Noise Cancelling Headphones (dang that’s a mouthful), you are mistaken. Two weeks ago, in an act of complete pity, Jeff arrived home with this amazing set of headphones I’ve had on my wish list [...]
This was in my fortune cookie today. I’ve decided to hold on to it for the next time I have to fly out of town for a conference. I’ll hide it in Jeff’s drawer to find once I’m gone. Then, when I bring my “distant romance” back home I’ll be making my own “fortune”. Take [...]
So remember how I said it was mine and Jeff’s 17th wedding anniversary? In today’s “modern” marriage climate, I tend to think seventeen years is a pretty big, hairy deal. This naturally led me to consider what exactly it was that I should be awarded* for 17 years (or rather 20, if we count dating [...]
