• It’s a Woman Thing

    Talk About it Tuesday I had this random memory the other day. It made me giggle to think about it. When it happened three-ish years ago, Josh couldn’t believe I had done what I did. He didn’t see the humor in it. Maybe because he’s not a woman. Here’s what happened… Picture it. Early morning.…

  • Inspiration from Betty

    Invent a holiday! Explain how and why everyone should celebrate. I wish today was a holiday. But because it’s not and I had to go to work, I will make this very brief. There needs to be a holiday that is simply a day where everybody spends it doing something they love. Whatever that is.…

  • Living Life

    My husband and I went to the grocery store last night. We needed just a few things. The bagger at the checkout was a high school kid. He was very chatty as he worked. He asked us if we had kids. I said no, and honestly, his response to that was a hell of a…

  • Tattoo Love (or not)

    Two tattoo related things happened to me just now at the grocery store. I need to preface this anecdote by explaining that on Monday of this week I took time off work and went and got the second installment of my blue flower arm tattoo. I was in love with the first blue flowers the…

  • “You Go Girl!”

    Describe a random encounter with a stranger that stuck out positively to you. When I was in my second or third year of teaching, I got a wild idea to bid on the tandem skydive that was being offered at the PTO auction that year. My post, Did I Ever Tell You…? (Part 1), explains…

  • Aging gracefully and with pride

    Time has certainly started marching across my face lately. A month or so ago I posted about finding my first gray hair and being excited about it. I had discovered the beginning of crow’s feet a while before that. I didn’t really think too much about the crow’s feet until a couple days ago when…