October was a bit on the wild side. Every weekend this month, I’ve had different house guests. Which basically means that the guest bathroom was super-duper cleaned each week and the wash machine had washed a lot of towels and bedsheets. (Wiping my brow) Hosting is exhausting. To say I …
Like many of you, Fall is my favorite time of year. Nature naturally makes Fall feel like I’m dancing a waltz to Tchaikovsky and singing Lenny Kravitz, all while strumming John Denver folk songs. Yes, it’s that good. The Fall season indicates a sense of change. We see the leaves …
Caution: Continued reading of this material may cause side effects, such as teary eyes, shortness of breath, tightened chest, runny nose, anger, frustration, nausea, oily bowel movements, and hiccupping… A very good friend of mine is sad right now. I don’t know when she’ll feel more alive, more herself. She …
I’m calling bull $*#!. Yes, Universe, I’m talking to you. Stop giving me these BS lines of Laws and Attraction. Stop telling me that all I have to do is think about what I want, and BOOM, it’s staring me in the face. I spend a lot of time listening …
I want something to complain about. In winter, I often find myself complaining about the stupid snow, the shoveling, and the snot freezing to my face. But it’s summer. Maybe I could complain about mowing the lawn. Except, I recently purchased a used lawn mower that actually holds the clippings …
I was filling my gas tank, when an unexpected memory came bursting into my mind that made me laugh out loud. The woman next to me looked at me funny, then tried to pretend that we weren’t facing each other and standing four feet apart with only a gas pump …
A good friend of mine coaches 16U fast-pitch softball. She asked me to write a letter to my sixteen-year-old self in hopes to give some inspiration to the players as they move forward into a new realm of life. A rite of passage, if you will. To be fair and …
Today marks a special event. It is a combination of a new moon in N. America and a solar eclipse in S. America. Fun! So, what the heck does that mean? The astrologists’ professional opinion is that the new moon is in Cancer. And guess what? Yep, I’m a Cancer …
Have you ever heard the saying, “Have kids, they said. It will be fun, they said?” Let me tell you from firsthand experience—parenting is exhausting. As you may or may not know, I am on my second set of four-pawed kids in my life. This current set are the most …
It was recently brought me attention that I need to add more humor into my blogs. Honestly, since I am quite funny, I realize that yes, I should add more comic relief to the stories you read…but then, I wouldn’t be completely honest, my fine readers. The last few weeks …
