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Day two of my “no morning carpool week” dawned. I could feel the weight lift off my shoulders. I didn’t have to leave the house at the crack of dawn with my two kids and pick up two other kids en route to first one school and then a second school before heading home. Now don’t get...
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I’m a creature of habit. If I do something and like it, chances are good that I will do it again. It is not that I don’t like change…I do…but I’d rather not reinvent the wheel. I am researcher by nature. I’ll search and explore...
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A day late and a dollar short. Yep, that’s me. I’m not one to jump on the bandwagon when it is still moving. Nope. Generally I wait until said bandwagon is at a virtual stop. Wouldn’t want to be trendy, now would I? No, not me. So it is fitting that I am jumping...
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From The DC Moms You know the phrase “welcomed with open arms”? I’ve been the new kid on the block more times than I care to consider. First, as a young child moving from a school in one country to a school in a new country. As a college student stepping foot on an...
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A few weeks ago I couldn’t bend my mind to this question. The question I was pondering was “What Is Your Word for 2013?” I had no clue. No words popped in to my mind. Why? I was too busy recovering from 2012, that’s why. You see the first part of 2012 was more...
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Either a writer doesn’t want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want.- Anatole Broyard My first writing prompt of the year. Perhaps my first writing prompt ever?! First on my blog. I’ve done writing prompts for classes and such. Where to begin? First off, I’m not a...
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Things that make me say “Hmmmmm.” Today’s hmmmmm-inducing moment…I searched my blog for the word “bucket” to find my Bucket List post. Apparently, I have used the word “bucket” 137 times on my blog. Doesn’t this sound like a lot? I probably used a few to talk about children’s toys, a few more in...
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If you have a little kid, you’ll know that when you want them to cooperate when you take a photo, they have no interest and can be quite awkward. But when you are taking a photo and don’t want them in they are uber enthusiastic to get in on the act. I was snapping...
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Tap. Tap. Is this thing on? I haven’t blogged in 6 days. Yikes that a long time to not put up a single blog post. Did you miss me?! After my once, twice, and even three or four times a day blogging before the holidays not blogging daily seems weird. Missing...
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