The Personal Blog of a Gen X Mom.
As I’m coming up on the three month mark since having my double bypass surgery, I’m happy to report that aside from some frustrating blood sugar issues, I am doing very well. I’m getting stronger each day that passes and I have learned so much about View Post
When I was a little girl, I adored all things cute. Glitter bracelets were totally my jam. Hello Kitty. Charm necklaces. I was convinced that Lisa Frank was a pure genius and had to have everything Lisa Frank I could get my hands on, especially View Post
You have compiled data, research and analyzed your family usage for toiletries and food. Now that you have your budget set for groceries you are ready to hit the road. Then it happens, you arrive at the store only to find that the latest sales, end View Post
It’s been a year now since I lost my daddy. If you had asked me right after he passed away how I was doing, I would have replied that I was pretty miserable, because even though I had ample time to prepare myself for his passing, it’s never like you View Post
Right before Christmas I started hearing a loud, swishing sound in my ear every time I went to bed. It sounded like it was in perfect rhythm with my heartbeat, like I was hearing my heart beat inside my ear. It was so annoying. The weather had View Post
This year I experienced my first fatherless Father's Day. June 2014 was the last Father’s Day I would get to spend with my daddy, but I wasn’t aware of it then. Despite knowing for the past five years that he was living on borrowed time, he was View Post
I just finished writing the last of the thank-you notes to friends who showed extreme kindness to my family after my daddy passed away a few weeks ago. The outpouring of generosity and love we have received has been such a blessing and I thought I View Post
I’ll admit it. I’m a bit of a Facebook addict. I check it several times a day on my phone and often keep it open in a window on my computer while I work at home. I can’t help it. All of my friends and family are there and I View Post
Well it’s been an interesting week in our little part of Mississippi, to say the least. We only get a good snow every few years and the forecast called for up to 5 inches on Wednesday, which is a lot for our part of the country. On Monday, the View Post
It seems like I blinked and 2014 is gone! It’s been a good year for our little family. We rang in the new year exactly like we did last year…on the couch watching all of the New Year’s Eve shows on TV and trying to stay awake until midnight. My View Post
It seems like it has been forever since I updated with a personal post, so I thought I would document some things here for posterity. That, and my blog has become a real snore! I have a third grader now. Here he is on his first day of View Post
