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Where Did the Busy Week Go? {Edition 15}
Do you find it hard to recall what you do in just a week’s time? I often do. Even as I look back through my calendar at my busy week to share with you here, I realize how little these few photo...
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Furby Knows Best: The Real Story of Why I Became a Furby Fan
~ SURPRISE! On December 25th we welcomed the newest member to our household – a purple furry creature best known as Furby. ~ Technically, I was forewarned of Furby’s arrival… (One of many early...
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Where Am I?
I looked down to notice the tag of my underwear sticking out. I know, TMI. BUT… Putting my underwear on inside out and backwards is really only the icing on the cake of how balance seems to be...
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The Busy, On-the-Go Momma’s 3-Step Guide to Maintaining Work-Life Sanity: STEP 1
~ ~ As a parent 99.9% of the time – balance doesn’t exist. Something always drops. Effective week at work? Home looks buried in a mess. House miraculously spit-spot? Family life suffered as you...
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The Busy, On-the-Go Momma’s 3-Step Guide to Maintaining Work-Life Sanity: STEP 2
Note: The following is the 2nd part of a 3 part series aimed to help better manage a busy parent’s days. The full series includes Step 1: Prioritize, and ends with Step 3: Locate Solutions within...
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Gray Hairs – A Valentine’s Day Letter
*I wrote this quickly (as you’ll see) but wanted to share, because sometimes it is important to share. To my husband: Today, I looked in the mirror and found one more gray hair. Which caused me to...
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The Busy, On-the-Go Momma’s 3-Step Guide to Maintaining Work-Life Sanity: STEP 3
Note: The following is the final part of a 3 part series aimed to help better manage a busy parent’s days. The full series includes: Step 1: Prioritize, followed by Step 2: Find Time. If you haven’t...
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Magic Eraser, I Bid Thee Farewell.
Magic Eraser… oh, how I love thee. Let me count the ways: Bathtub Sinks Faucets Toilets Tile Floors Wood Trim Shower Walls, Shower Door, Shower Spout Cabinetry I could effortlessly go on. In fact,...
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Dissecting an “Off” Day
We looked at each other. Terror filled our eyes, yet oddly, we both still felt the strength of two women ready to fight. our way. OUT. Knowing our last hour of life could quite possibly be near, my...
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Thoughts on Patience and Support
~ It was a hard day. I got up at 5:30 a.m., showered, greeted a babysitter at 7, attended a meeting, went to a doctor’s appointment, returned home in just enough time to get the kids off to school and...
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A Success Story
~ Once upon a time… I started feeling a little overwhelmed. To be more specific, “once upon a time” was Wednesday, March 13th. To an everyday observer browsing through my electronic calendar to...
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On Being Busy
I sat with my head tilted upwards, my eyes concentrating on the temple ceiling, trying to use the advantage of gravity to force the teary sadness back into my eyes. What an amazing life this busy man...
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The Little “Big City” of Ann Arbor, Michigan
We woke up feeling refreshed, sunken deep into the comfortable cushion of the hotel mattress. Our ears listened to sounds of distant cars and songs of the early morning birds, and our eyes opened to...
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The Lies Guilt Tells You
~ Allowing myself to do that which (at first glance) seemingly only benefits me – is always much more challenging than initially anticipated. Take for instance a recent Friday morning. I had made...
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So What… At Least… (A road trip story)
* Author’s Note: So what if this post was written a month THREE months ago! I still want to share it… if only for the mere fact that I personally really needed to remember this experience. ~ Bump! POP!...
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