I’ve always thought I’d like to run an antique shop (and by “antique” I mean secondhand, previously loved, vintage, not actual antiques). In recent years, I’ve envisioned broadening that little shop to include a work space, where my husband and I could upcycle or repurpose odds and ends we found in[Read more]
Next week marks one year since my employment status changed from full-time, regular Jo(sie) to part-time this, part-time that, all-around-renaissance woman. Although I began this blog six months before that, I consider that point in time as the moment I became a blogger. To celebrate this anniversary, I’m announcing my first giveaway![Read more]
There are so many thankless jobs; many we never know of or encounter. So I’m trying to be more mindful of those I see, or at least hear, like the 30 minute phone conversation I had with a customer service rep from Humana CareSource. Just before hanging up, I asked[Read more]
I bet, most days, your mailbox looks a lot like mine: bill, bill, bill, junk mail, bill. With Christmas behind us, getting the mail isn’t nearly as much fun as it was a few weeks ago. Until today. Tucked underneath the sad little pile of correspondence in our mailbox, was[Read more]
My husband and I have the dumbest arguments, which is why we’re still truly, madly, deeply in love after 17 years of marriage – we agree on what’s important and work to keep the big stuff in perspective. It’s the small stuff that tends to ruffle our feathers. For example,[Read more]
It’s the last day of winter break and our boys return to school tomorrow, assuming there’s no snowpocalypse (which, in Kentucky, means 1-2 inches of anything white). Transitions like this always inspire me to work on piles of unfinished business. So, today I am: – writing thank you notes for[Read more]