Musings of an adventurous empty nest mom on everything under the sun.
The joke around weather person circles for ages was that you could do a San Diego report in your sleep. It goes like this: "Night and morning low clouds & fog, clearing late morning, then sunny & warm with an ocean breeze. Highs on the coast in the low-mid 70s, inland in the upper 70s.... Continue Reading →
I love love love variety. It truly is the spice of life. I love surrounding myself with friends from all walks of life & who hold completely different perspectives on the world. That enriches my life & expands my mind. Brilliant! And yet..... There are days when all I can think is that the world... Continue Reading →
How cool is it that the first official day of No School for the kids is also the first official day of summer? The longest day of the year. The Summer Solstice. Midsommar for the Nordic types 🙂 Given that I am neither a kid, nor a stay at home mom, the impact of summer's... Continue Reading →
Woo hoo! We were SO excited that 8th grade was over! Actually, after having to get to school 30 mins earlier than usual, we were more ready to go back to bed than excited 🙂 I would like to thank his school for NOT individually calling out the names of all 684 8th graders being... Continue Reading →
Ok, maybe this wave scene from a couple of weeks ago is kinda cool to look at. Notice the faint red stripe up near the horizon? There was some mild red tide action going on that week offshore. The kind of frantic final two weeks of school + it being the first of what will... Continue Reading →
If it is 5:00pm on a Sunday and I have not yet gone to the grocery, I am not going to go. Instead, the mental bargaining begins. Is there food for dinner? How many do I have to feed? Check refrigerator. Ok, this is more than a week old so it's out. Hmm, salad still... Continue Reading →
I think June may be the most conflicted month of the year. I sit here looking at the calendar just stunned that the year is nearly half gone. Yet, when you have school aged kids, or work at a school, June marks the end of a year. Our kids have been counting off the days... Continue Reading →
True confession: I'm 45. That's NOT old - really, stop laughing please. Truer confession: As Robin warned me, my brain has lost all capacity to remember proper nouns. You know, names of people, places, movies, song etc etc. Numbers? No problemo. Proved it last night while in a debate with a friend on the phone... Continue Reading →
Yes, I know that we never really Grow Up, but...you know what I mean eh? We've recently starting talking on the August Mom list about how some of our kids are forging their career paths and what we could/should be doing to help direct them. It's rare to know with 100% clarity as you walk... Continue Reading →
We've been talking today on the August Mom list about some of us feeling like we are getting a preview of the Empty Nest. I had never thought about it before, but put in that context, I'd say that in some ways I do have a party-time Empty Next situation going on as of this... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 