Category Archives: inspiration and AHA’s

Do I Look Fat in This?*

  *Hint — Both “yes” and “no” are the wrong answer. Before I talk about the title of this blog, I have to tell you — It started out as a normal day.

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Delightful! 100-year-old Idaho woman on Jay Leno

In Idaho we are proud of our potatoes, our Broncos and Dorothy Custer.  Dorothy is the DELIGHTFUL 100-year-old Idaho woman on Jay Leno who gave great advice on living.  Dorothy said she stays positive and exercises every day! She loves … Continue reading

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A Friend of My Family is Running for President!

My sister and her family have this friend, Yeah Samake, who is running for president of a country! (His name is pronounced “Yay” but it is not redundant to say, “Yay, Yeah!” even though it sounds like it is…lol) It’s … Continue reading

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Distracted by necessity

This overachiever thing.  It works well when looking at it from the outside.  But from the inside it is quite a different story.   Wanting to do something, anything, to distract myself from the pain.  Overachieving and being a workaholic is … Continue reading

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My Top 31 Favorite Tweets — *so far

Every once in a while just the right tweet will hit you at just the right time in just the right way on just the right day.  These are the top 31 tweets* which did that to me.  Enjoy! (p.s. 31 … Continue reading

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Guest House

  This being human is a guest house. Every morning a new arrival.   A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitory.

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Coolest. Funeral. Ever.

Not the three most likely words one would expect to see together…and yet…my life was enriched, no, my life found new meaning, while attending a memoriam of the loss of another’s life. A few weeks ago I attended a funeral … Continue reading

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“Go tell it to your Blog” is the new “Talk to the Hand”

Funny title, and yet, I can’t take credit for it.  I do, however, wish I could give credit where credit is due…it was a line I overheard when my kids were watching cartoons and none of us can recall which … Continue reading

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if i could pay someone else to do it — it goes to the bottom of the list

As a young parent the demands on your time are insane!  While my youngest child is 13 (eek….14 in a week!) I remember all too well the non-stop days of diapering, cooking, cleaning, reading, rocking, singing, refereeing, time-out-ing, time-in-ing, bathing, dressing, teaching, … Continue reading

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Anyway – Forgiveness – Anyway

The following is taken from my facebook note on April 23, 2009 — 3:24 AM (did I mention I am a night-owl?) In the wee hours of the night I have been searching quotes and scriptures and songs on the … Continue reading

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