I made Saturday a rest day to accommodate Thing 1’s graduation/birthday party. It was a ton of work but a ton of fun too. Oh and drama. Gotta love some family drama. Not. But it is what it is. At least the weather cooperated. Sunday I got out at the crack of dawn when it [Read More]
Currently: School’s Out Edition
I’m in this weird place where Thing 1 has been out of school for a week now but Thing 2 still has a couple of days left. So I’m doing the school schedule (up early, school lunches/homework/dropoff, bus schedule etc.) and the summer vacay schedule (sleepovers, parties, carting kids to the mall/pool etc) and it’s [Read More]
May Ultimate Coffee Date
Good morning! I’m linking up for some coffee talk with Coco, Lynda and Deborah. I’ve got a nice hot cup of Starbuck’s Blonde Roast ready to go. Let’s sit down and catch up shall we? If we were having coffee, I’d tell you I’ve been single parenting all week. My FIL is turning 80 so he [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving and a Giveaway
Loving: Watching the action in our duck nest. Not Loving: Thing 1 was awakened last night by loud quacking. I checked the nest to find four eggs broken and strewn outside the nest. My heart broke. What marauding predator could’ve done this? Makes me wanna set up a night watch. Now there are 8. Loving: [Read More]
Friday Five
Since I missed this month’s coffee date, I feel the urge to catch you up on what’s going on around here: Duck helicopter mom: As is typical in spring, I’ve noticed ducks hanging around. Two Mallard drakes and one female. According to my research, female ducks are just called “ducks” no fancy name. I don’t [Read More]
The Virtues of Unplugging
I spent spring break unplugged. We flew to Miami, then to Puerto Rico where we boarded Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas and headed out for a week filled with sun-drenched fun. Once we got to Puerto Rico, as expected, the internet connection was gone. Done. Other than a brief flirtation with a signal in [Read More]
Who’s Your Health Icon?
In my 30’s, I buckled down and put more effort into my health after watching my dad struggle with heart disease, bypass surgery, diabetes and obesity. Genetics? Yes, his parents and all of his sisters died from heart disease. One can’t help but think lifestyle plays a role as well, in fact we know it [Read More]
Thinking Out Loud: Random Stuff
Yesterday was a good day in the pool. No creepers. I’m no longer embarrassed by what the lifeguard may think as he watches me flail and snort. I seemed to go further in the 30 minutes I force, I mean allow myself to swim. 1150 meters. I need to swim 800 meters for Espirit de [Read More]
Loving/Not Loving
Time for the February edition of Loving/Not Loving. Feel free to join in and tag me. Here goes: Loving: The lengthening daylight. Come on spring! Not Loving: Never ending single digit and below zero temps. Enough already. Loving: I lost weight on Diet-to-Go. Seriously the meals are so good. Not Loving: I don’t have any more DTG [Read More]
Weekend Wrapup: Mushroom Cloud Edition
The mushroom cloud happened bright and early Friday morning, yes Friday the 13th, when my computer told me to hurry up and print some kind of instructions because the hard drive was corrupt. Nice. My life, passwords, bookmarks, and all the pictures I had stored on my computer flashed before my eyes. What’s a girl [Read More]
