I think I am becoming a better mom. I know that I am trying. I know that my relationship with my oldest daughter is improving. I know that I am finally making up for mistakes made early on in motherhood. I am proud of myself. I am proud of her. I am proud of our family. ...
First of all, thank you all for your sweet compliments on my little mp3. You are all rockstars. This weekend Geeklet hit another little milestone. She said her sister's name! Cupcake was so excited. She just busted out with it at the dinner table, like it was no big deal, ...
[In Part I, I was unwittingly serving my future husband and his buddies at the Outback Steakhouse, where I was waitressing. If I'd known, I probably wouldn't have chosen my first words to him as "G-Day, Mates! Welcome to the Outback Steakhouse!"] Two of the guys decided to order ...
Flashback to the year 2004. I was 19 years old - nearly 20. I had graduated high school a year prior (3.62 GPA, thankyouverymuch!) and was attending a local college on a five-year track to get my Masters in Music Education. I also worked at a local steakhouse in my town as a ...
Today, I am thankful for my life. Today, I feel blessed. Today, I know that we are so, so lucky. My children are healthy. My worries are few. My mother's new pain medication is helping, and helping her achieve her ultimate goal of taking less medication. For her, for that, I am so thankful. My job is secure, ...
My dear friend Kat (aka Bibliosaurus) (for whom I have coerced into letting me design her a website. Possibly with a dinosaur eating books) (and with whom I am ROAD TRIPPING to New York for BlogHer10!!) needed to vent. My blog is a safe place ;-) She's gone through a lot and recently ...
This morning I stumbled on Marlen James Photography - boudoir diary. I want this woman's job. She takes photographs of naked (or near naked) people. Seriously. That is her job and dammit I want it. Her most recent post is a tutorial of sorts - how to take a decent "
About a kajillion years ago, in 1999, when the dinosaurs roamed the earth, Savage Garden came out with a song that rocked me to my core. Affirmation. This song is everything I’ve ever thought. This song is like my mission statement. This song is my prayer. This song weaves melody and words into the intricate patterns that make up the tapestry of my heart and soul.
I've spent a lot of time this past year feeling bitter. I'm tired of the feeling. The aching, gnawing, acidic feeling in my stomach is not welcome in 2010. I've spent too much time consumed by bitter, angry thoughts; writing magnificently angry and righteous emails and letters to "friends" and family who have burned me, ...
Things had been unraveling for weeks. Honestly, I should have known from the beginning that it wasn't going to work. He was too diffident. Too closed off. Too mysterious. Too punk rock. Too sophisticated. Too immature. He was the very embodiment of enigma but to my young mind it was that very fact that made ...
