When I was in 8th grade my mom gave birth to my youngest brother, Christopher. He was a suprise, and I was SO EXCITED. I was that kid who always wanted her mom to have another baby. I LOVED having a baby brother. A year and a half after he was born, Christopher was diagnosed
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My Family Stone
We’ve been getting our Christmas tree at Stew Leonard’s for about 10 years. When the kids were younger we would pick out the tree and then walk through the Christmas shop. They have tons of ornaments and Christmas decorations. We don’t usually buy anything, but we look around. After checking out all the decorations, we
Everything Makes Sense Now
I have never been an organized person. It’s something I’ve struggled with my entire life. I want to be organized, but it is SO hard for me. SO HARD. It requires massive amounts of mental energy for me to maintain any level of organization. I can usually last for a couple days and then I’m
My Broadband Almost Totally Withered Away
There’s a story about Jerry Seinfeld’s success being attributed to the fact that he writes a joke every day and that he doesn’t break the chain. Ultimately the way to get better at doing something is to do it often. Even better, do it every day. Don’t focus on the results; focus instead on the
My Thanksgivings
The kids were at their father’s house for Thanksgiving so we celebrated a couple days before on Tuesday night. Marit helped out – she made mulled apple cider. The kids got to hang out with Grammy and Papa and get some serious games of Phase 10 in. We had a really nice meal. All the
My office
A couple days ago I posted this picture on the NYAM Facebook page with the caption in love with my office rn. Some people didn’t really believe it was my office. It’s my office. I wanted to give myself a really awesome work space. So I did. When I came to check this place out