I woke up today. Today is my birthday. Today is another day with no mistakes...yet. Today's mistakes will certainly lead to tomorrow's wisdom. I hope I wake up tomorrow to apply one, and learn from the other...again. Today, I appreciate breathing. Breathing leads to laughing, and I absolutely LOVE laughing! [...]
Ask any new mom who consciously made the choice to stay home and raise her own kids if she is 'living the dream,' and I guarantee her answer will be, "ABSOLUTELY.....except when I'm not." Once the bills settle in from the change in lifestyle required for a one income household [...]
I have to give credit where credit is due. When our dinner conversation last night turned to the news of the day, which included scientists creating beef in a lab, my youngest, Riley, said, "Mom we won't have red barns in the country anymore, we will just have white lab [...]
In no other time in history, and in no other country but the United States have women enjoyed the same freedom as men. Only 39 years ago, women were finally given the right to secure credit in their own names without the signature or approval of their husbands. Couple that [...]
2013 is the culmination of my 50th year of life. All my over 50 Pixel Pals are nodding their heads saying, "Been there, Done that." Of course, they know I'm only half way through this journey, and can understand my taking stock to see what's coming around the bend. I, [...]
Whatever you do, don't call him a "Writer!" He is a thief, and a damn good one. He is the only thief I know (all the others have not revealed themselves to me as thieves, or at least I haven't tied them to anything missing yet). He steals the stories [...]
I am lucky enough to have a partner who loves yard work. Unfortunately that wonderful, incredibly patient man is also a Tax Man, and is incognito until April 15, but the weeds don't know that. So, every spring, the boys and I start the yearly clean-up of our yard. It's [...]
Every time I visit the social media giant with a face, I find something that opens my creative book. Whether it's a SomeECards.com cartoon or an Albert Einstein quote, something stirs, and I must write. I think it's the common thread running through all human life. All moms go [...]
As of June 2012, there are 31 Million Bloggers fighting for your attention on the internet. How is a girl to find material that interests her, you ask? Triberr! I thought I had an amazing idea for my favorite blogging network, so I skyped Dino Dogan and pitched it. Turns out he has already [...]
