I am on Day 11 of a self-issued September challenge where I have set the goal of writing 30 posts in 30 days. I have been sitting here at the pool while my kids swim for almost 2 hours now and I have succeeded in doing pretty much absolutely nothing. The past 2 nights have […]
Funny Stuff
Better Than Nothing
Today has been a really productive day, but a few unexpected things came up which sorta threw me off course for a little bit. Today is also the first day of swim practice, and that presents a whole other set of challenges including: Having 4 kids on the team in 4 different groups at 4 […]
My Grandma
Today is my grandma’s birthday. I’ve been thinking about her a lot in the last twenty-four hours since the Skillet Throw and knowing it was her birthday the next day. My grandma was not perfect. She was kinda judgmental and a little bit of a racist in a super naive and ignorant way. But she […]
The Skillet Throw
One of the things that makes the end of the summer not so bad is the Goshen Fair. I’ve been going to the Goshen Fair on Labor Day weekend since before I can remember. For like over forty years. It’s an agricultural fair that has rides and animals and competitions and food and all sorts […]
Don’t Be A Hypocrite
I was up today at 4 a.m. so I had time to take a shower and do a couple things before I had to leave the house at 5:30 a.m. with Number 5 and Number 7 for a swim meet. It’s been pretty much nonstop since then, aside from 3 – 4:15 pm when I […]
This Post Is Coming To You From The Bathroom Floor of A Hotel Room
I’m sitting on the bathroom floor of a hotel room in Long Island writing a blog post at 9:49 pm on a Friday night because I am here for a swim meet with Numbers 4, 5 and 7. And I have challenged myself to write a blog post every day at least for the month […]