I‘ve written before about how all our life’s moments should be lived in a way that’s worthy of being captured. I’ve confessed my disappointments and struggled with whether or not I should lower my (Mother’s Day) expectations. This year, I…
May 15, 2013
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love music, love you, wish I didn’t
If we were children I would bake you a mud pie
Warm and brown beneath the sun
Never learned to climb a tree but I would try
Just to show you what I’d done.
– A Fine Frenzy “What I…
May 13, 2013
school district killing creativity
I need to self-regulate in a major way. I’ve become obsessed with finding our next home, less so about the actual homes and more with regard to the school districts. I’ve been comparing reading level test scores, student / teacher…
May 6, 2013
to be honest: hair, home, hips
I‘ve been eating my feelings lately, especially at night. Stress eating, depressed eating, eating to comfort, eating to have something to look forward to, same old thing as it ever was. Bad news when the Golden Oreo was invented, or…
April 29, 2013
do you love in details or broad strokes?
My mother bought the home in which I was raised because she liked the wallpaper in the bathroom. They’re too small to be deal-breakers, and they’d never make any cockamamie list you could ever dream up in a diary, but…
April 24, 2013
new car dating
My new car arrives today. I’ve been shopping for a car for a while now, and thanks to many of your suggestions, dear readers, I’ve finally come to my decision. It only took me 18 days! 18 days and 3…
April 20, 2013
honey, aww, sugar sugar
Marc Jacobs Honey fragrance doesn’t release until July, 2013, and I’m already singing it’s song. I hope it doesn’t smell of urine, as many honey scents tend to do. This just sounds deliciously juicy for summer. Yum. I hope it’s…
April 19, 2013
the bed that said “shh”
Oh, how they try! To sneak up on Phil, to trick him, what delight! And what a wonderful memory, to see two moving lumps beneath my duvet, lumps trying desperately not to be lumps, breathing lumps that can’t help but…










May 15, 2013
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