Now that it’s October we have entered swim meet season which means that 1-2 weekends per month will be spent at the pool. Number 6 also started wrestling this year, and he will have wrestling meets — do they call them meets? or are they matches? — on the weekends starting in a month or […]
Sound Mind Sound Body
Clean Sheet Night
Back when I lived in Pennsylvania I had a friend who was also a teacher and she was about 10 years older than me. We were at a party or something and we were talking and I remember her telling me that she had a rule about no sex on clean sheet night. Meaning the […]
It’s Been A Good Decade
Earlier today one of my Tribe members shared this post from the Word Porn Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thispageisaboutwords/photos/a.252010398268137/1946903118778848/?type=3&theater It was an aha moment for me. I mean, I remember when I was in my twenties and thinking how far away 1999 seemed. And here we are. Approaching 2020. Of course that induces immediate panic at the […]
Perfection And Success Are Not The Same Thing
About six weeks ago I purchased a 12-week online strength training program. I bought it for a couple of different reasons. The first is that I continue to struggle with strength training consistently. At fifty years old, I am fifteen years into the stage of life where I am losing muscle unless I do something […]
My Cute, Fall Front Porch
I have always wanted to have a nicely decorated front porch to match the seasons. Especially at Halloween and Christmas time. But it’s just never happened. I might get a pumpkin or two out there, but that’s about it. Two years ago I managed two pumpkins in old planters — one was empty and turned […]
27 Months
Yesterday was 27 months with no alcohol. That is a statement I didn’t ever really envision myself typing. Or saying. I was not a daily drinker and often I wasn’t really even a weekly drinker. Not since becoming a parent, anyway. But when I drank, I DRANK. All or nothing, baby. Even as a mom […]