Last week I wrote a post about the most important thing we did to dig ourselves out of financial trouble. It was just one bullet point in the list of many, many things we did, but it was definitely at the top. Once we did that, it helped us to see how we had been contributing […]
Archives for September 2016
You’ve only got 6 hours left…
If you’ve been around here since last fall, you know that I LOVE the Get Your Pretty On style challenges. They helped me to start taking care of myself again, and they made it very easy for me to get out of the work out clothes only rut I had gotten into since having kids and […]
What I Wish I Knew in High School (and what I hope my daughters know when they get there)
I was not cool in high school. At all. I wasn’t unpopular by any means. I knew just about everyone in school (it was a small high school) and I’d say I was well-liked enough. I had an awesome group of close friends, most of whom were on the swim team. But even in my […]
The Truth About Being a Stay-At-Home Mom
Back in August of 2013 I wrote a post entitled The Stay-At-Home Mom Challenge. At the time Numbers 1 through 4 were in school full time, Number 5 was four years old, Number 6 was three years old, and Number 7 was not quite two. So I was home with Numbers 5, 6, and 7 […]
A Realistic Meditation for All My Fellow Potty-Mouthed Sisters
Most of you know that I love yoga. I’ve fallen a little bit off the wagon recently, though. Now that the kids are back to school and I have my feet back under me, I’m getting back to it. And I really hope I can inspire more people to give yoga a shot. But I understand […]
Just call me Dr. Johnson
This morning I got a call from the nurse at Number 4’s school. “Number 4 is here in the office. She ablated her pointer finger right on the top knuckle. It’s kind of deep, and I think you should come take a look at it. You’ll also need to bring her a change of clothes […]