• Take Your Shoes Off and Sweat

    Every time I have a really long day, I sit down in bed with my computer on my lap and tell myself that this blog is going to be a short one. The irony of that situation is that the more tired I am, the longer the blog seems to be. It doesn’t make any… Read more

  • A 90 Day Hiatus and a Box of Broken Dreams

    My friend and her husband of almost ten years (I think) had a difficult week last week and it has carried over in to this week. When she called me today, I wasn’t expecting to be put on speakerphone to have a therapy session with the two of them, because, let’s face it, my experience… Read more

  • Pre Menstrual Homicide

    I guess yesterday was the calm before the storm. Every month around this time I go through one day of complete and utter exhaustion accompanied by one long terrible stomach cramp, one day of secretly binge eating salty and sweet food and, finally, a day of short fused irritation with every single thing right before aunt… Read more

  • My Chaotic Bubble Burst

    I try to keep myself in a peaceful place most of the time, but like everything else in life, we don’t always have control over everything. Even though emotions are one of those things we usually should have control over, sometimes our heart gets in the way or our head gets in the way or… Read more

  • The Great Toilet Paper Debate

    I keep repeatedly having to defend myself to my teenage son about my choice of toilet paper. We keep going around and around again because I say it doesn’t matter. I don’t mind the thin school-like cheap toilet paper that takes a month to use. He likes soft comfy Charmin kissing his bum. So every… Read more

  • My Money Tree Was Struck by Lightning

    I’m not good with money. I never have been. I usually blame it on poverty. It’s hard to be good with money when you are always having to pinch and stretch to make it until the next pay day. But that’s just an excuse like eating three plates of food on Thanksgiving. I’m better than… Read more