Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
Love, me
What the heck did I ever do to you? How can one little hour have so much impact? Por ejemplo - last Sunday I joined my running buddies for a 90 min trail run at San Elijo Lagoon. We had to get started before 8am because they have follow up the run with a swim... Continue Reading →
Please be over, Love me. PS - Never ever have two deadlines slam together like that on the last day of an already slammed five day work week. This day has been 50 ways of wrong. PPS - Please block/mute all the narrow minded conspiracy theorists from my social media streams. They make my brain... Continue Reading →
No, this isn't a new name I came up with to address - it's the name that TOO MANY DAMN PEOPLE use to address ME! Note to parents: I know you worry about naming your children & how you spell their names because you don't want them to be teased and such in school -... Continue Reading →
I'm feeling a lack of inspiration...or..*motivation*...when it comes to the blog. I think I need to switch things up for a bit. A few of the sites that I follow pretty much use their blog as an online journal. They write in what feels like a stream of consciousness style and while I've thoroughly loved reading it... Continue Reading →
Over the past month the top search term drawing random strangers to this site is "Motivation". Pardon me for a moment while I react to the idea that I can provide advice on this topic: OK, OK....so um..motivation eh? I supposed folks were experiencing what I call the February doldrums. Still stuck with winter weather.... Continue Reading →
February is the Monday of months according to the always currently relevant Garfield The Cat. It's also clearly Blogging Prevention Month around here. My writing energies are all used up by the pergola site. With the ebook on sale - one book sold last week! - I have to ramp up the promotion which means... Continue Reading →
Of course, studying can't really happen unless there is music in his ear. So, he has my old iphone 3Gs which is now basically an Ipod touch on steroids - it still has all the apps and music on it from when it was mine. His own phone is off to his right. He was... Continue Reading →
Such a fleeting thing, this motivation. And yet, so very very critical. The graphic above is so fabulously scientific with those big big words that may or may not make sense in your daily life. Hygiene? Really? I'm motivate by whether I can take a shower or not? Ok, I know that's not the real... Continue Reading →
Have suitcase - will gladly travel! So I received yet another holiday card today with a letter about the past year. Now, I am not trying to make fun of it - really! However - without naming names or ages or anything - here's a quick bullet point list stuff they did: Varsity Crew team... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 