Tag Archives: Blogging
Embracing Each Day
When I wake up each morning, I wake up happy. Within moments of being awake, I always think of something that makes me happy, no matter how small. I have done this for so long that it happens without me … Continue reading
Life in Pieces of Spending Habits
For years, I have read about the importance of tracking spending and as a result, I have attempted many times to create a budget. The budget never lasted long because it always showed that, well, I did not have enough … Continue reading
Life in Pieces of Revisiting Plagiarism
Monica Crowley backs out of Donald Trump’s administration after plagiarism accusations. To be fair, I heard of Monica Crowley for the first time a few weeks ago and I truly have no opinion about her. She is simply the current … Continue reading
And, now, for the weirdest medical diagnosis ever.
In September 2016, I was diagnosed with achalasia—a condition I had never heard of. Only one person out of between 100,000 and 200,000 people has achalasia. With a US population of about 325,000,… Source: And, now, for the weirdest medical … Continue reading
Life in Pieces of Finding the Good
I have been working to teach a 9 year old to “find the good” in situations instead of letting negative outcomes shut her down. I have informed her that my initial reaction to certain situations is to shutdown and let … Continue reading
4 Word Resolution
On Twitter, people submitted their four word new year’s resolutions. https://mobile.twitter.com/hashtag/My4WordNewYearsResolution?src=hash I am not one to make resolutions. I just live my life to my best each day and I am always looking for ways to improve. Sometimes, I find ways … Continue reading
That Thing Called LOVE
Fantasies and Realities of Love Fantasy: If I say “I love you” it means we are together forever. Reality: If I say “I love you”, I always will but we may part ways in the future. Fantasy: I will never … Continue reading
Is It Really Submission?
How often have we heard that only weak women are submissive? Growing up, I always believed that a woman had two choices when it came to how she presented herself to the world. The first choice – she could be … Continue reading
If the House Smells like a Dog, Wash the Dog and Other Things I Sometimes Forget.
Wash the Dog The other day, the grands and I walked in the house and I asked, “What the heck is that smell?” I began checking the kitchen sink, garbage cans, and other places that might have some leftover tidbit … Continue reading
The Test Results are Back and We Need to See You…
As everyone knows, once a female becomes a woman, it is time to begin the embarrassing, annual visit to the gynecologist and I am no different. I make the appointment and dread the visit. This appointment is rarely one that … Continue reading