The Darkness

Anyone who has known me for long knows that I suffer from depression.  Not the “Buck up and get over it” kind.  Not the “It’ll pass” kind.  Not the “She’s just a little down” kind.  I am medically diagnosed.  I have struggled off and on for years.  I can remember in high school having these [...]

Thoughtless

I’m not brimming with ideas this morning so I cheated and used a meme for filler today.  I’m working on a post about “The Crazy” so it’ll be a doozy when it’s ready.  In the mean time, bear with me.
randomness…feed your mind and your blog 
 Name 3 of each:
-Pet Peeves-

Interrupting – Holy cow!  This drives me [...]

What did YOU read this year?

Here’s a list of all the books I read in 2008.  I find it interesting to look back and see what books I really enjoyed in years past.  It’s been  a slow reading year for me and I’m not sure why.  I have a HUGE list of books I want to read.  Trouble is I [...]

Christmas 2008 was a quiet family affair

We needed a quiet day.  A day to just be us.  To be sitting, at 4:00pm in our jammies and still playing games and watching movies.  To eat cinnamon rolls for breakfast AND lunch.  Our morning started like every Christmas morning.  The girls get up at the BUTT CRACK of dawn.  We have them brush [...]

The hair dilemma: aka the story of my life

I have posted regularly about the dilemma I have with my curly hair.  I like my curls, don’t get me wrong.  There are days when I LOVE them.  But I have two main issues with it. 1) I always feel like I look like a little girl when my hair is curly.  Apparently it isn’t [...]

Thru the lens

Yesterday Lizzy helped me make some Christmas cookies.  I’m standing there, rolling the dough for the shortbread cookies into small balls for her to press with a sugar coated fork.  I hand her the fork and explain the process so she can work on the cookies at the other end of the pan.  She starts [...]

Where the heck have I been?

When I say we were overbooked, stressed out and our calendar was slam full….I mean it.