I spread myself way too thin in the last couple months, and it resulted in me just barely keeping my head above water. And when I say barely, I’m not exaggerating. My house fell into disarray. My parents could see I was close to drowning. So they came up to the house today and helped […]
Life at My House
Because I Hate (Most) School Fundraisers
Few things annoy me more than when the kids have school fundraisers and more money goes to the fundraising company than to the actual school. Actually, that doesn’t annoy me so much. It really just pisses me off. So do the fundraisers where people are asked to buy 3 square feet of wrapping paper for […]
The Struggle Is Real
We aren’t big football fans. In fact, we never watch football games. I watched a ton of football when I was a kid — my parents both love to watch it — and I enjoy a good game, but it’s just not something we do now. But we do watch the Super Bowl. Or at […]
Letting Go Is Hard
Every week (or almost every week) I do a Facebook live where I talk about stuff that’s going on with me at home or things that I know many of us are challenged with. Last week’s Facebook live was inspired by my cousin who is in that stage of life where her girls are graduating […]
Your Decisions Can Be UN-decided.
I have had a rough couple weeks. It’s why I’ve been virutally absent here on the blog and also on the Facebook page. The details aren’t important. I don’t need any sympathy or empathy or Oh, that sucks. What I do need is to reevaluate, and I need to look at the life and the […]
Mom, Why Are You So Salty?
When I was in high school, I was voted Class Clown my senior year. When I was in college, I was given the PMA Award by my college swim coach. That stands for Positive Mental Attitude. If you asked my friends (both past and present) to choose one word to describe me, I can’t say […]
