If you are new to the party, let me catch you up to speed. I used to be fat. I gained about 70 pounds with my first pregnancy, and just never managed to lose them. Until I knew I was done having kids. Then I decided it was time to get healthy. I entered a triathlon. […]
Archives for June 2015
Moving toward simple. In with the new means out with the old.
Our financial situation, although very stressful and completely exhausting, is turning out to be a blessing. For me, anyway. Because it has forced me to prioritize. And in prioritizing, I have had to do some purging. Purging of habits and purging of actual stuff. Because I am learning that in order to get out of […]
TGITLMOTSY (Thank God It’s the Last Monday of the School Year)
We are in our last week of school. Yesterday was so nice that we let the kids stay in the pool after Number 3’s baseball game and then we ate outside on the deck and then we had to get the little guys into bed and well, I had put off telling everyone to get […]
The Sunday Slow-Down Series, Week 2.
Last Sunday I had kind of an a-ha moment. I am not taking any time to decompress. I have no down time during my waking hours. Somehow I have convinced myself this is healthy. But I would never allow my kids to operate this way. I would force them to slow down. To rest. And […]
I am grateful for falling on hard times.
Every morning the first thing I do after I get my coffee and come up into the office is write down three things I am grateful for in my journal. And tonight I am grateful for our shitty financial situation. Because today Number 3 played in a little music festival at a very small amusement […]
Thank you, Teachers.
Dear Teachers, It is not easy to be a teacher these days. Don’t get me wrong. It’s never easy to be a teacher. But now with the ridiculous parents the the peanut allergies and the lock down drills and the testing bullshit and everything else, it is much more difficult to have fun. To put […]