As one of my favorite bloggers, Mrs. Bachelor Girl, said recently, I haven't been "bloggy" lately, and I miss it. I miss reading about everybody's stuff on their blogs, and I miss talking about my own opinions and experiences on mine. That's what you do when you have a blog, after all. I've been so obsessed this last year with To Do lists and ( Read more... )

I've had lots of years in my life when the "spirit of the season" and the family time and church and all that mushy stuff was meaningful and special and needed. LOTS. But this year, I have kind of felt "above it all" for some reason. I love my family and adore my husband and animals and home and all that, but I was (up until tonight) perfectly ( Read more... )

Hey Folks. As you may have guessed, I appear to be taking a sabbatical from FB and LJ (and blogs) yet again. Nerves about my first day of work in years and feeling overwhelmed seem to be the theme of each day here lately. I'll let everybody know how Wednesday goes. It's mostly a training day, but the nerves don't know the difference. :) Hope ( Read more... )

... to get a little motivation around here??

I did a very short list of things today, which took up ALL of my time ( Read more... )

I had to tackle our budget again last week. I have no idea how we paid for the car and all these bills every month before. I know it's so cliche to think that we've raised our standard of living to the amount we have to spend, but really, we haven't! So, I explored some things and found a few regular bills that we have now that we didn't have ( Read more... )

Thanks to this post by travelbug27, which she took from writtenoutloud, my post today is on an "up" note instead of a down one. I had fully planned to whine and complain about how stressed Tom and I have been and that that's why we haven't talked to family or set foot outside the house other than to go grocery shopping. BUT. Then, I read this:

Love ( Read more... )