That’s how I would categorize my spiritual status. Lately. Well, maybe for the last few years. I think it may have all started when I got absolutely everything I ever wanted ever. It’s like I woke up one morning and realized, Hot dog: we bought a house. A good, affordable house. Hot dog, I’m not…
Where have I been? Ask my dog Annie!
So this summer has been, at least partially, about me starting new things. As in, actually doing things; going from dream to reality. And one of those things this summer has been starting this blog. And I did! And I was super ambitious and set myself up to have a new post every day. Every…
Why would a Sane Person Want to Homeschool?!
In the early days, I had read about all these benefits, fun reasons to homeschool. And by golly, through experience, I can even attest to most of them. Kids learn at their own pace. I noticed within the first few years that my daughter took to reading very easily. It’s a developmental thing and she was…
Droppin’ It Like It’s Hot…My Blood Pressure, That Is
Okay, so the coffee-free saga continues. I’m now nine days without coffee, and I’ll let you in on another little part of scheme: getting off of my blood pressure medication I’m pretty proactive with my health, so I have a good understanding of my blood pressure and medication and I get my pressure checked often,…
How We Ended Up Homeschooling
I am, in fact, a homeschooling mom. So I figure I’ll throw in my story of finding my way to homeschooling just for fun. Just like the rest of us moms, I was homeschooling since my daughter was born. You know. You have a baby and you start teaching her things like smiling, sitting, clasping,…
My Experiment
I have a daughter and she is almost twelve years old now (!), and I’ve been carrying on an experiment since she was very little. Actually, I need to give my husband some credit here, and credit to his mom, my favorite mother-in-law. You see, as I understand, she raised her sons to think that…
Still Me, Caffeine Free
Alright, so giving up coffee was kind of a big deal. I think my husband was entirely unsure as to what to think of it, especially since he is a coffee drinker himself. But my relinquishing of coffee imbibing wasn’t some sort of coffee hatred thing, so I wasn’t looking to affect his consumption. I…
You Are a Supermodel, As It Turns Out
So while we’re on the subject of “things women say about their bodies that I kind of wish they wouldn’t say” let me relate this story: I had a friend who was unhappy with her weight since I met her, which was funny for me because I had never known her any other way, and…
My Plan
So here’s my plan. Let’s not say derogatory things about our fannies, insulting things about our mid-sections, make snide remarks about our cankles; let’s not! I wish I knew, from you, what you were hoping for in my reply, what you’re really needing to hear, because it can be very hard to tell. When you…
What I’ve Always Wanted to Say About Your Weight
Nothing! Here’s the thing, between us sister-friends: when you launch in on your weight I get really nervous. I mean, really nervous. Because I’m deathly afraid that in my wanting to show you how much I care about you and support you, I’m going to say something so humiliatingly insulting that we will both dissolve…
The River Cottage Family Cookbook by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Fizz Carr with Photography by Simon Wheeler
I was in an all too familiar rut: what am I going to make for dinner this week?! It hits me periodically, and it’s as if my brain has all but frozen up, and the only two dinners that I can even remember existing are quesadillas and breakfast-for-dinner (which hardly counts if that’s the only…
A Fear Submitted For Your Approval
And now that I may very well have departed, abandoned my golden age of coffee, I worry. What if coffee was the fun part of me? What if it was the source of my creativity? Or, at least, the energy to bring any of my creative leanings to fruit? I’ve made so much progress in…
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