This post is about three weeks late but as they say, better late than never.  I've been thinking back about this day and how it should have been. How I should have gone to the grocery store that weekend to make sure she had enough snacks. How I should have applied globs of sunscreen on those chubby little cheeks and probably most importantly, how glad I am that I attended … [Read more...]

And I totally got it. I wanted to scream right along with her. I can't remember what set her off but I'm sure it was because she was tired. Isn't that the cause of most toddler tantrums? She was standing on her bed, yelling that I was no longer her best friend. That she wanted me to leave. That she didn't like me anymore. As she was yelling those words, I … [Read more...]

When you move to a new city, the first thing you have to do is build your network. You figure out who your pediatrician will be, where you're going to get your hair and nails done and because you'll need some adult only time at some point, someone whom you can trust to watch your children at a fair and reasonable price. I usually prefer to get references from people I come … [Read more...]

Thanks to the Fairy Hobmother for sponsoring this post. For the past week I've been pounding the pavement trying to find a house in my price range to buy. After renting for 2 years, I'm over funding someone else's retirement. I want a place that I can again call my own where I can paint the walls any color I want, have as many pets as I need and be able to sit in the … [Read more...]

It's the weekend and that means I'm jumping back into the 31 Day Blog Challenge hosted by Fabulous Finds by Tiffany.  I missed out on some great writing prompts such as "the last book you read" on Day 11 and "do you have regrets" on Day 13 so of course, I picked one of the hardest ones for me: 10 Things That Make Me Awesome. I'm typically not judgmental.  My … [Read more...]

It's Day 9 of the 31 Day Blog Challenge and I'm supposed to be thinking about my bucket list.  I'm guessing bucket lists became really popular when the Morgan Freeman/Jack Nicholson movie came out in 2007.  For me, I never made one because it seemed more like a "things" I will never do list and who really wants to be reminded of all the awesome things they won't get to … [Read more...]

If you're a regular reader of my blog, you're probably thinking to yourself, "hmmm, that's odd, I don't remember reading Days 1-7 of this blog challenge..." I could try to convince you that your mind is slipping a bit or your eyesight is bad but the truth is, I'm a slacker. I've overcomitted myself yet once again and didn't fulfill my promises.  That my friends, is one of … [Read more...]

Each morning I wake up and realize, I'm not in Kansas anymore.  No, I'm not trying to rip off lines from the 1939 movie The Wizard of Oz, I really wake up and think, I'm not in Kansas anymore and boy has my life changed. When I graduated from high school, I had one goal.  Get the hell out of my hometown as fast as I could.  I ended up accepting an offer from Wichita … [Read more...]

Yesterday my daughter brought home a green piece of paper.  Typically these notes are telling us about the latest fundraising event or special project she'll be doing at school.  Not this time.  This time, the note apologized for the late notice but there would be an emergency meeting the following evening and it was important that we attend.  Instantly I had a bad … [Read more...]