Lovely Girl, This one was harder to write because I know you read them now. These were supposed to be letters that I gathered when you were 18 to show you that every year I stopped for a moment to reflect on what a gift your life is. But then, you discovered this blog and somehow knowing you're ... Read More about A Belated Birthday Letter to My Girl
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Tales of a Plus-Sized Fit Girl
My husband and I are on Day Four of the Insanity workout. It's brutal and quite honestly the only reason I'm doing it is because he wanted to and I'm too damn competitive to let him workout without me. I'm not proud of that, but I'm all about honesty so there you have it. I'm abusing my body for ... Read More about Tales of a Plus-Sized Fit Girl
Twelve Days of Power Outage…
It's Day 13 and my fingers are crossed that the teams of lineman outside my house will actually finish the job today. I hope by tonight we are home in our dirty, cold home ready for the heat to re-warm and running a vacuum to remedy that dirty situation. But for now, I've written a little song in ... Read More about Twelve Days of Power Outage…
Where Did the Little Girls Go? The Coffee Mug
You can tell by the age of The Girl in this post that it was written a while ago. However, every single sentiment remains.The only difference now is she is older and I drink tea. I have a seven year old girl. She is still in love with baby dolls and pretend play and has been known to switch ... Read More about Where Did the Little Girls Go? The Coffee Mug
So, it’s 2015. Now what?
The Girl just came home from a walk into town with a friend and she brought me what she called an early birthday gift. It was small piece of copper with a note that said it was good for healing purposes. That gift was obvious. She's pretty sick of me taking up the comfy spot on the sectional sofa ... Read More about So, it’s 2015. Now what?