Life is good. It just is. There are things that we wish were different in our lives and we always have hopes and dreams. But as it stands right now, if none of those things ever happened, our life is still pretty darn good. At the time this will post, we will already be sitting … Continue reading
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What kindergarteners already know about Pinterest
Kindergarteners know that it isn’t okay to copy someone else’s work without permission (and even if we said okay, we’d probably still want credit for it). I know the teacher said it was a compliment that they liked our stuff enough to copy it, but it still didn’t seem fair. That’s because it wasn’t. It … Continue reading
30 Teams, 7 years, minus 5, equals fun… or priceless
A few years ago, on a whim, Jason and I decided that we wanted to take our kids to every baseball park in the Major League and see the home team play. The thing that’s funny about that is that neither us nor our two boys are super huge baseball fans. We like baseball fine … Continue reading
Will you marry me? ….um, I think so.
Yesterday I wrote a little love fest for me. Today, though, is supposed to be about sweethearts and true love and mushy mushy kissy kissy, so… There you have it. There’s my guy. We got married almost 18 years ago, after dating off and on for four years. Jason stuck it out through a whole … Continue reading
Am I a Big Fat Liar? 365 project(s) progress update
So, I said I was going to get rid of one thing every day? Am I really doing it? Or, am I taking one item and splitting it into pieces and counting each piece as one item (not that I ever thought of that)? Am I discarding my husband’s or children’s items rather than clearing … Continue reading
My drop in the Bucket List
I will be going to a New Year’s Eve party and doing all the New Yearsy celebrating like many others. We’ll play games, eat snacks, toast at midnight,etc., but this year there’s a new game. We’re all expected to come with a list of five of our New Year’s resolutions, which we will then use … Continue reading
Summer vacation, early retirement, or new beginnings?
I worked my last day at Roosevelt yesterday and pretty much fell apart as I was trying to leave. I made the mistake of doing “one quick last look” around the library that feels so much like me with it’s red “wainscoting” and yellow walls and funky posters. Then I made it worse by making … Continue reading