There are a number of intangibles lost in the transition from full-time employment to hourly employee. For example, the freedom to stay and listen when you ask someone, “How are you?” (because a time card waits for no man). Or the ability to drop your smile, without having to explain[Read more]
I’ve spent months mourning the state of the bedroom our boys share. After taking their bunk beds apart, we lost virtually all of their play space and I was convinced this was the source of their lack of creativity. “There’s nothing to do!” became their default response – sometimes before[Read more]
Today I am: Making more: Planting the cuttings that have been in my windowsill for the last couple of months. I didn’t have enough pots, so I used things out of our recycling bin and put those inside a set of tins that have been empty “pretties” (until now). Making[Read more]
My husband will be the first to tell you, I fall bass-ackwards into all sorts of good things. I like to tell him, “I must be living right,” then we both have a good laugh, shrug our shoulders and enjoy whatever my good luck has brought our way. Last spring,[Read more]
Middle school wasn’t all that long ago (well, at least not in my head), so I knew what to expect when our oldest son entered 6th grade – more homework and more responsibilities. While my husband and children know me as an organizer, planner, and Type-A(ish) personality, I still recall[Read more]
Our youngest son has had October 1 circled on his calendar since about mid-August – the first time he asked, “When can we put up our Halloween decorations?” Of course, it wasn’t enough for me to give him a date he could look forward to; I had to come up with[Read more]