The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
Happy New Year! Ours started out with a celebration of fireworks all around our house. The neighbors across the street were celebrating in style last night, and we reaped the benefits of watching. It was cold and rainy, so being able to look out the View Post
I hate to admit it, but I was really dreading Christmas this year. Not the reason for Christmas and all that it means, but just the fact that I knew things would be different this year.From Thanksgiving on, things just didn't go as planned this year. View Post
I'm completely aware that it's not even New Years yet, but it's getting close and for some reason my mind is transfixed on making New Years resolutions. I honestly can't tell you why I am so gung ho about this because if history is any indication View Post
As I sit here stressed beyond stressed over Christmas and struggling to slow myself down to remember what really matters this season, I wanted to take a moment and share the following with all of you who may be reading and feeling the same way.A View Post
I spent the better part of my morning sitting in our county court house for jury duty. Thankfully, I was excused. I would never try to weasel out of my civic duty, but we are having some health issues with my mom and a few other things all at once. View Post
Once upon a time, I used to belong to a parenting forum and some of the women on there actually admitted to playing online games like World of Warcraft and The Sims and things like that. I honestly never understood the appeal. I likened playing View Post
I woke up this morning (at 10 AM, oh sweet heavenly, blissful weekend!!) to rain, but this didn't put a damper on things today because my little family and I had plans to stay in anyway. We've been patiently waiting for today, the day we would all View Post
I had the best of intentions when my son was born about documenting his life not only in his baby book but also through journaling. I have a cousin who has written many, many letters to her daughter since she was born. Those letters are going to be View Post
We've had out first close encounter of the holiday toy kind. Since before I became a parent, I swore I would never be *that* parent. Before I became a mom I saw what some of my friends went through trying desperately to find a hot holiday toy that View Post
