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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...