The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
My 20th year high school reunion is next weekend. Anyone know how I can drop 75 pounds in a week? NO? Nobody?? Didn’t think so….. Shopping for something to wear to said reunion has stressed me out. Calling being View Post
Perhaps it’s because I’ve been cooped up inside all day with a seven year old with the stomach virus and suffering from lack of sleep, but it just occurred to me today that hurricanes really bring out the….I’m struggling here for a word View Post
It started this past April. My high school friend “E” sent me a private message on Facebook telling me Duran Duran would be performing in Memphis on August 17, three days before my 38th birthday. Did I want to make plans to meet up and View Post
Clyde. Clyde, Clyde, Clyde. Clyde that wakes me up at least twice a night to be fed, let out, etc. Every night I am up and down with this cat. Come mornings, at 4:30 A.M. to be precise, I stumble and bumble my way through my View Post
Because we live in a small town, we’re pretty much at the mercy of one cable company and two cell phone companies to meet our communications needs. I’ve thought about switching our cable to satellite, but I don’t want to lose our local programming, View Post
Yesterday, I had a pretty big bout of the "ungratefuls". I stomped around and huffed and puffed until I finally took a break and ran to the grocery store. The little "alone time" in doing that left me feeling pretty ridiculous by the time I had View Post
This past Saturday E.B. got to experience his first horse ride. He went to a cowboy-themed birthday party at a real barn out in the country. It was absolutely freezing, but that didn’t stop my little guy from thoroughly enjoying View Post
As I sat at my computer on New Year's Eve, I had already planned out what my "word" for the new year would be. I had thought it out carefully and was pretty satisfied with what I had chosen and why. I can be somewhat of a procrastinator View Post
Ok, raise your hand if you're currently fighting an addiction to Pinterest. Yeah, me too. I've been totally guilty of staying up way too late the past few nights just drooling over the amazing ideas I'm finding there for everything from home decor to View Post
While the general public who could have cared less is probably glad the hoopla surrounding the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton is finally winding down, I still can’t get enough of the spectacular display of pomp and circumstance View Post
Raise your hand if you're still recovering from Christmas. That would be me, too. I've been an organizing fool, playing mean games of Hungry Hungry Hippos, wondering just how many Legos are too many, trying to entertain a stir-crazy 5 year old View Post
