Tweet It’s nearly noon and I am showered and dressed but haven’t put on make-up or made an effort to brush my hair. My feet are bare and cold and the breakfast dishes sit in the sink. I’m not sure what the kids ate for breakfast. I think I saw Eloise pour some cereal,…
Tweet You know that old story about the man who goes to the doctor, moves his arms and says “It hurts when I do this” and the doctor responds with “Well stop doing that!” ..well that’s how I’ve been feeling lately about a lot of things. And then a very wise friend said to…
Tweet Jed is insulating our attic. Our home is 100 years old with originals windows, no insulation and a cavernous attic with holes that were finally patched. We feel almost bad for the bats we’ve kicked out. My job is to clean out the attic. When we moved into our home seven years ago I…
Tweet I consider Duluth my home. I’ve barely even lived in Duluth. I was born there but we moved away when I was still a baby and then I took a quick detour back to Duluth for my first year of college. I cannot tell you the best restaurants or shortcuts or about the housing…
Tweet I have a lot on my plate. Once in awhile my husband sweetly asks “may I go grocery shopping for you?” You know, to lighten my load. So I shoot daggers out of my eyes sweetly reply “really, no thank you, I can manage the shopping.” I decline, not to be a martyr, but…
Tweet Dread immediately fell upon me once the invitations were in the mailbox. I scheduled a FOUR hour party for my daughter’s 8th birthday. FOUR long hours, with other people’s kids. What was I thinking? How would we pass the time? I spent the 2 weeks between the invitations and the party trying to plan…
Tweet I have a handy husband. He can do just about anything around house. In his own time. We have been planning the front steps redo for 5 years. They were old, cement, awkward for opening the door, dangerous for kids, and well – just plain ugly. But like most projects – this sits on…
Tweet When Esther went to bed last Wednesday night at the late hour of 7:35, her last words before snuggling in for the night were “Mom, can I please stay up until 10 o’clock as Fall is starting right at that time and I want to watch it happen.” At 4:30 on that Thursday morning,…
Tweet I made this on Thursday. It may not be perfect. But I made it. I can paint. Not sure about Kristi… We went to The Creative Connection Event and were awed and inspired by the incredible, talented and beautiful women in the world. I feel the need to create something big soon. We had…
Tweet ..on the eve of kindergarten. I never thought it would be this way. You have always been my outgoing daughter. The life of the party. The first to giggle. The first to say hello. But the past few weeks have been filled with tears and pleads. “Mommy, I don’t want to go to kindergarten….
Tweet My hands were attached to the keyboard, my bum was glued to the chair, and my body barely left the office all day. Loads of work to do. It is fun, but not beautiful. I needed something fresh, something beautiful to take me away for a moment. To give me peace. I didn’t need…
Tweet After spending most of my adult life moving from place to place – state to state – country to country. Traveling near and far – to states and continents. Living out of a suitcase and ignoring my home, my yard. Peace is what I have now found in my 7 years “home”. Peace, serenity, acceptance…
Tweet I thank you all for your kind, open and insightful words and comments on my mean girls post this week. For now, I just want to make sure that my girls come to me, talk to me, I keep the lines of communication open between us, and I make sure that I am setting…
Tweet My dryer broke 9 days ago. Which hasn’t been horrible as our weather has been unseasonably nice and since we live in the city, there are no pesky ordinances against hanging my underwear outside. So for over a week, we have hung our socks and underwear, sheets and jeans outside for the wind to…
