Middle-aged Maverick

Category: It Happened

  • I Have Skills

    If you could instantly master any skill, what would it be and why? I’m going to twist this prompt a little bit since it’s talking about a skill to master. I wouldn’t say I have anything truly mastered, but I’d love it if I could be a knitting and/or crocheting master. There are some really… →

  • Boundaries, Perimenopause, and a Fur Scarf

    I’m glad this prompt today narrows growth to this year because I have written at great length about how I’ve grown over the past two years. The six months of this year have still seen growth in me. I’m not done yet. I am, however, growing in ways that are different from how I initially… →

  • Just Do It.

    Hold on, WordPress…where did the inspiration for this prompt come from? Have you been stalking my social media accounts? Did you see my post yesterday where I bragged about having gotten up early to go running for five days in a row? Regardless of where you got it, good job on the timing with this… →

  • Obsessions and Nostalgia

    There are so many memories that I have of things that I was madly in love with when I was a kid. And by “things”, I mean movies, music, and as my husband quickly pointed out…people. I’ll start with actual things. I had a couple of authentic Cabbage Patch Kids and I was certainly a… →

  • Ladies and Gentlemen…

    Flashback Friday Ladies and gentlemen…once again, Katy Perry! I haven’t been to a lot of concerts in my life. Always admired my friends who went to great shows, but somehow I never thought that I could go see great concerts. I did see New Kids on the Block one time on one of their Mix… →

  • Baseball, Anyone?

    I have actually had to think about this question a lot lately. Without revealing too much about what my new job is, I’ll just say that I have interacted with people who are considering moving to my city. Many of these people are coming from states on the other side of the country. Last Friday,… →

  • Uninspired

    I have felt particularly uninspired lately. I haven’t posted to my social media since before Easter. I have gobs of ideas and things I want to share, but I have no energy to do it. I haven’t even felt like writing lately. I badly need to finish transcribing volume 7 of my journals. Volume 7… →

  • My Girl Faye

    What a busy day! So as not to break my streak of daily posting, I’ll make this brief. I’ll pick up my mental health topic I had planned for today next week. I worked today but also had to step out for a moment to take my 19-year old kitty, Faye, to the vet unexpectedly.… →

  • New Job, Who Dis?

    Today was my first day at my new job. I don’t want to say too much about it because as I grow my social media presence, I’m cautious about that whole “doxxing” thing. What I will say is that the pictures I took this morning are now irrelevant. I was going to say something like…this… →

  • Princess Treatment at a Haunted Hotel

    I can’t possibly let today go by without giving a recap of the princess treatment I have received at this luxury hotel I’m staying at tonight before heading the rest of the way to Cleveland tomorrow. I’m staying at the Blennerhassett Hotel in Parkersburg, West Virginia. I found it through a quick Google search of… →