5 Trunks and a Tote (Dream Save Do, week 17)
Eight days ago, at mile marker 178 on southbound I55 just south of St. Louis, I had an epiphany."5 trunks and a tote."That was my epiphany.I think I need to explain. When I moved to this apartment last summer, I transported everything except for the large pieces of...
Lest I Forget
Last week I did something that I wish I hadn't had the opportunity to do to begin with. I watched the video of the brutal, evil-filled murder-by-burning-alive of Jordanian pilot Lt. Muath al-Kaseasbeh. (No specific details will be shared here)It was without a...
How Quickly They . . . well, I . . . Forget (Dream Save Do, week 16
You'd think that, with 23 moves in the 30+ years since I graduated from college, I'd have no illusions as to the amount of work involved in moving from one place to another. I've moved solo, married-but-pre-children, pregnant (at 2 months along, 6 months along, and...
A Little Black Book . . . or Something
I've read more than a few times that individuals who convert to something -- a religion, belief system, etc -- are often more zealous than those who have embraced it for most of their life.I'm living proof of that as it applies to technology. I was dragged,...
Movin’ on Down the Road (Dream Save Do, week 15)
After a loooong 25 days with a stressful moment here or there, I can finally share that all of the details are worked out and that next month I will be moving from my current apartment into a house in a charming neighborhood south of the city I work in.I couldn't...
Dare I? (Dream Save Do, week 14)
Just before 2014 ticked down to a close, an event occurred that could result in my moving sometime in the next 6 or so weeks. I don't mean to be cryptic, but I'm not comfortable sharing specifics until all the details are worked out and things are final. One way or...
What a Job — What a Relief! (Dream Save Do, week 13)
For the past five years, I've been stalked by two large shopping bags with handles -- the large ones with a nice flat bottom. Okay, maybe they didn't actually "stalk" me, but at times I felt like they did.I tried finding a place to hide them, but I couldn't put...
Learning New Tricks — Yikes!
Backstory: I first heard about scrapbooking back in 1995 -- oh, my gosh, I just realized it's been almost 20 years! Anyway, I loved the idea and slowly got started. "Slowly" means v-e-r-y s-l-o-w-l-y, in my case. To be fair, our house at the time was small, and the...
And All Through the House (Dream Save Do, week 12)
Ahhhhh . . . the week after Christmas. Usually, this is a time of calm and quiet in my home. The get-togethers are behind me, as are the "extra" church services, various Christmas concerts and programs, and the general busy-ness of December. I putter around the...
Five Minute Friday: Adore
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...