Socialize Much?
Rice Rice Baby
Why, yes, that IS a couple pounds of brown rice on the table, floor, and being tossed on the deck. “The baby cat is hungry,” calls out the 4-year-old, ignoring that we have no cat because Mommy (me) is asthmatic to them. I am having difficulty finding the sweet spot between helicopter mom and hippie ...
Wealth Begins at Home
Click “play”, then proceed to read. Divorce is a tragedy. It is expensive, financially and emotionally. It is birthed by crisis that often sprouts from quiet resentment and bland neglect. If you desire wealth, treasures, security, and widespread respect, nurture your relationships at the cost of all of these. When I was young in ...
And Then I Got Fat.
I’m gonna be honest. I’ve been feeling down and crabby since I took my daughters to the dinosaur museum a week ago. There is a weight scale at the museum on which visitors step to see how much they weigh in relation to different dinosaurs. Since we don’t use a scale at our home, I ...
Cookies Galore!
Chapter 2013 Page 41 of 365 Today, I made some Homemade Samoa cookies. The recipe entered my life when my neighbors were flooding my Facebook notifications with Girl Scouts cookie orders being placed in a neighborhood group. This is the recipe. As I was reading it, I noticed it yielded 2 dozen cookies. Immediately, my ...
Long Day, Early Night
Chapter 2013 Page 35 of 365 Long days call for early nights. My sweet little 2yo bebe got into our medicines yesterday, but we only found out about it this morning when she began exploding from both ends. We noticed that her vomit was unusually pink and smelled like medicine. With some creatice show ‘n’ ...
It is Time
Chapter 2013 Page 22 of 365 Be your biggest fan! You are awesome! And you are equipped for the task ahead. Do you know all that will come up on the journey? Nope. But it is time to take the new journey you have been pacing in front of back and forth. Will you figure ...
Recommended Reading: A Biography of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Chapter 2013 Page 21 of 365 Since childhood, I have always had a special spot in my heart for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Maybe it was because I could relate to the call for freedom. Maybe because I always lifted up a “fist of justice” when I saw someone being treated unfairly. Or maybe ...
Today Has What You Need
Chapter 2012 Page 20 of 365 I was thinking this morning about a collage I had on my bedroom wall when I was a teenager. I remembered one of the prominent images on that collage, a strong and beautiful girl at the Citadel in dress uniform, and I thought, “I wish I still had that ...
Someone’s been playing in Mommy’s office
Chapter 2013 Page 18 of 365 I notice today that all the photos taken with my new camera have a bright blurry spot. I look at the lens. Sho’ nuff. Little fingerprint. RIGHT.THERE. I have given up in trying to run A Very Professional office here at home and allow my clients to know (and ...
See a fifty, pick it up…
Chapter 2012 Page 17 of 365 Two days ago, I announced my birthday cash giveaway. All that was required was to have at least 12 people each post a photo that represented a random act of kindness. 12 people = give away $50 38 people = give away $100 I thought for sure I’d be ...