Category Archives: Life

Growing Old Gracefully

Tweet Okay… growing old gracefully. What does that really mean? Is it a real thing? Can it be avoided? I wasn’t really sure what it meant so I asked Google and this is what I learned. Being accepting of your age and keeping a youthful spirit. Watching your diet and exercising, maintaining your looks the…

A somewhat random act of kindness

Tweet Last week the wonderful Wendy Nielsen shared this new series, 31 Day Blog Challenge, with those of us in a Facebook group (amazing group by the way). My first thought was cool! I can do this and then reality quickly set in and I realized that’s 31 days of blog posts…. 31 days straight….

The Idiot Driver

Tweet Okay, remember last week or so when I posted on Facebook about the idiot driver who rode my tail and then passed me in town and how he was getting his very own blog post? Well, this is it. So it was another Michigan morning and I was on my way to work. As…

Family Fun & Dinner

Tweet Every once in a while I try to do something to bring the family together whether it’s a movie, a game, or some sort of outing but there is a huge challenge in that. The challenge is trying to find something that will make everyone happy from a toddler, a tween, and two teens…….

The week in review

Tweet Well, it has been one interesting week that’s for sure! It started off with a really crappy Monday… I mean this was worse than any other Monday ever. But the week did get better as it progressed and Thursday was my Friday! Yes, 3 day weekend people. Of course it will be busy because…

To Young….

Tweet Today (Tuesday) I learned that another young life has been lost… A boy who was in 10th grade at my daughter’s school took his own life. Why? According to my daughter it was probably because of bullying. What really got me was that she said everyone is bullied at some point!! My first thought…

A homecoming

Tweet This week there was a homecoming in my town. The first ever of it’s sort. One where almost everyone turned out. One where the middle school kids all walked down to the main street downtown and lined the streets with flags in hand. It was the kind of homecoming that I hope that I…

Wordful Wednesday ~ Where has the time gone?

Tweet Today my oldest daughter drove her first car home. Today I smiled as she got out of her car and fondly remembered myself at the same age. Today I wondered where the time has gone. Where did this baby go? Where did those chubby cheeks and baby smiles go? How did we get to…

11 things, 11 questions, and 11 people

Tweet Alright! It’s time for a little fun… something lighthearted for a change. I was tagged by Kristy from Pampers & Pinot in the 11 random things and decided to play along! Okay here are the rules (don’t worry they’re easy peasy)! Post these rules Post 11 random things about yourself Answer the questions set…

Listable Life ~ 5 Moments

Tweet 5 moments that I would live over again… Only 5?!?!? There are so many moments that I would live over agan in my life simply because they’re some of the best times in my life and other times I would live them over just so I could do something a little different but not…