Five Minute Friday: Fear
I'm very excited again this week to join a talented group of women bloggers in an online, unedited flash mob free write. This week, the word-prompt given to us by our fearless leader Kate Motaung (whose wonderful blog can be found at katemotaung.com) is "turn". My...
Tackling the Home Office . . . or Not
When I envisioned writing this post, I saw the blog title "The Office has been Conquered" and a blog post that began with a photo of my home office, devoid of everything except the furniture and and a few files (tucked neatly into my wicker file box/ottoman) and a...
Redesigning within Redesign
Today, I'm breaking one of the cardinal rules about blogging -- Thou shall not explain changes in focus in a blog post. As Nike sayeth, "Just do it."That's just not my style. I'm an explainer. Often I explain ad nauseum (just ask my kids), but it's through...
Five Minute Friday: World
I'm very excited again this week to join a talented group of women bloggers in an online, unedited flash mob free write. This week, the word-prompt given to us by our fearless leader Kate Motaung (whose wonderful blog can be found at katemotaung.com) is "turn". My...
Take it Off!
Don't be alarmed or afraid to scroll down the page. There will be no "Magic Mike" type of taking it all off here. Heck, I haven't even tried on a bathing suit for over a year, and if I did there certainly wouldn't be any publicly-displayed pictures or description....
Spending Fast — Week 1 Update (Dream Save Do, week 25)
Week 1 of my June Spending Fast brought a few unexpected situations that involved spending.First, I had planned to attend the St. Louis Cardinals baseball game on Wednesday; I had a free ticket to attend with my daughter, her boyfriend, and one of their friends....
Five Minute Friday: Gift
I'm very excited again this week to join a talented group of women bloggers in an online, unedited flash mob free write. This week, the word-prompt given to us by our fearless leader Kate Motaung (whose wonderful blog can be found at katemotaung.com) is "turn". My...
Creativity . . . and Varieties Thereof (Thankfulness Thursday, week 2)
I've decided to focus each Thursday on something specific that I am grateful for. Today, I'm focusing on . . . Creativity! For much of of my life, I lamented the fact that I was not creative. I wasn't being humble or trying to invite protestations from others...
Well, That was a Bust!
I began last week with great anticipation. My bulletin journal planner had a reasonable amount of weekly to-do's, and I had a really nice plan for eating well, getting the appropriate exercise, etc. Monday and Tuesday went according to plan, and then, out of...
Spending Fast, day 1 (Dream Save Do, week 24)
I'm participating in a 30-day spending fast. The plan is to purchase only necessities -- food, gas, etc -- the entire month of June. Feel free to jump in and join me; if you do, I hope you'll share your own experiences and thoughts via a comment. Today is day 1 of...