In the past year or so, I have had to contact customer service more times than I can count. It started with changing and then […]
“If I Can Do It, Anyone Can”
Boy, does that phrase just get under my skin. I won’t rant about it, but please, please, never say it. It’s never true. And it […]
my not-so-tiny house.
Five years ago, our family of four went through a major downsize. We moved from a three-story, three-bedroom, 3.5 bath, two car garage, storage room, […]
thrive in place.
I think this has to be the title of my next (aka first) book. Maybe I should claim the URL if it hasn’t been already. […]
a sigh (and cry) of relief.
I had no idea. I knew it was bad, but didn’t realize how bad it really was. When I stepped out the door to walk […]
first of the month.
Once again, it’s the first of the month. A time to clean up, update, and prepare for the month ahead. At home, I’m nearing the […]
100 mph
I heard the initial call. From the very first, I knew this was no standard call. My heart hurt. I knew more than one life […]
two steps forward.
one step back. Last week at this time I was feeling on top of everything. Work, home, volunteering, exercising and the rest. Today I’m feeling […]
#firstworldproblem
This hashtag drives me batty sometimes. What’s the point? Are we trying to remember to be grateful and reminding ourselves that whatever the problem is, […]
jury duty
I am now 43 years old — middle-aged, in the general scheme of things. I’ve been registered to vote for 25 of those years. I […]
ikea, oh, ikea
IKEA. I fell in love back when I was a graduate student. Living on my own as a grad student in Houston, I was thrilled […]
waiting, waiting
At 1pm, I had finished work, crossed a couple things off of my to do list, taken the dog out for a “business” walk and […]
What 7am on a “vacation” day is like.
I very prudently saved up my limited vacation days in order to be able to take a week off at Thanksgiving and another at Christmas. […]
mortified by past due bills
This morning I took Chloe to her pediatrician for a “sick child” visit. Before we got to see the pediatrician, I was mortifyingly called into […]
Do you know these people?
Seriously, I have to wonder who these people are. I don’t think I know them. Do you? Where do they come from? In the past […]
cranky momma in the kitchen
Not the cooking part. I actually don’t mind that bit very much, and, now that Camille is doing a bit of the cooking, it isn’t […]
ET, Don’t Phone MY Home
….because you will not get an answer. Leave a message, but there’s no telling when I’ll get back to you. It drives some visitors to […]
power? or fulfilment of a promise?
this weekend I was placed in a difficult position regarding an announcement list that i co-moderate. when my neighbor (and good friend) and I started […]
Every Day is Earth Day
right? I was not too surprised at some of the backlash that I saw to Earth Day. No, these are not people that hate the […]
Going to the Library
As with most families, we are frequent patrons of our library system. We generally have 30-50 books checked out at any given moment and are […]