This week is pretty monumental for me. I have stepped down from my full time management position to a part time one with far less responsibility. Which means a few things: More time for my kids. Yes, they are teenagers, but anyone who has teenagers gets this: they require MORE emotional energy than ever before. […]
On National Holidays and Hot Dogs and Teenagers
I’m trying to think how to start this story. I work. A lot. And I have teenagers. Three of them. And it’s summer. So the teenagers are sleeping a lot and doing a whole lot of nothing (a variety of church camps and vacations and summer school meant jobs wouldn’t work). So I work a […]
My Top 5 Tips For Settling In a New Town
We’ve now lived in our new hometown for 4 months. It’s been a crazy and amazing season! After living in the same place, comfortably, for 15 years (and, I might add, truly believing in my heart of hearts that we would never leave), jobs required us to pack up and move on. Moving day TOTALLY […]
Are you Still There? Is This Thing On?
Worst. Blogger. Ever. I am afraid, friends, that my new 45 – 50 hour a week job, plus the move to a new city (and furnishing and decorating a new house) plus little things like getting a new driver’s license, finding a new doctor, a new dentist, a new candle stick maker . . . […]
Is it time for you to recalibrate?
I had a great conversation with a friend yesterday. Her life, she had realized with sudden clarity, was spiraling out of control. Her plate, that had once been just comfortably full, was now overflowing and oozing onto the ground causing pain, sleepless nights, illness and a general lack of balance. I’ve been there. Countless times […]
5 Things I Did For The First Time Ever in 2015
(huge shout-out and thanks to my friends at the Ultimate Coffee Date for motivating me to get my blogging booty in gear in 2016! Check out the link and read all the other great posts!) 2015 was quite a year. Not necessarily in all good ways, but quite a year, nonetheless. At 45 years old, […]
On Christmas and Moving and New Houses and Friendships
Let me start out by saying that I will NOT go over all the things that have happened these last few weeks during my hiatus from blogging. Because if I did you would all accuse me of being a liar and I would lose my credibility. Let’s just say that it’s been a wild ride. […]
The Real Estate Listing I WISH I Could Write
The wonderful place we have called home for almost 15 years is on the market. We are so excited about our move and we know we are right where the Lord wants us to be. And our new home is AMAZING. But before we can really move on, there is the little detail of selling […]
My Blessing Problems
I have a lot of stress in my life right now. Because I own one beautiful home in a safe suburb where I can worship as I please and have ample money for food and clothing and vacations and healthcare. And I’m moving to another beautiful suburb where I will own another great home in […]