I posted this last year and am posting it again with an update. My now 16-year-old and I were about … More
Category: Mid-Life
How did I get to be this age?
Dirty Laundry
It’s been one of those weeks where work suddenly went from 100 to 1,000 and none of us could figure … More
Post Thanks and the Dark Side of Carrots
Thanksgiving was busy and wonderful and there were many moments with friends and family I am grateful for. In a … More
Top 5 Things that Make Me Crazier than I Need to Be
Besides my natural inclination for being crazy, I also have to wrangle with the hormonally-induced crazy thoughts of perimenopause. Like … More
Customer Service Gone Horribly, Horribly Wrong
Despite the millions of dollars and endless energy that is put into defining, training, providing, and complaining about customer service, … More
Discombobulation
Anyone else discombobulated from the time change? But before we get into that, let’s give a big round of applause … More
Hey Slim, Can you Spare a Seam?
Hey, fans, I have a mild case of tendinitis, so I’m reposting one of my first posts, from way back … More
The Jury Is Out
This week’s fun adventure was jury duty. Unlike most people, I don’t have a problem with getting a day off … More
A Modest Proposal of Gratitude for Parenting Advice
With school back in full swing, I’d like to take this opportunity to send an open thank you to all … More
Overheard, Secondhand
I’ve admitted many times that I live in my own bubble. It’s a nice, happy place where everything is equal. … More