WARNING - KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN AND PETS said every bottle of cleaner I grabbed to take with me yesterday to clean a suddenly vacated rental unit we own. On my list of to-dos was to clean windows soaked with smoke residue remnants layered there for decades. Ew. Sounds like a perfect social-distancing… Continue reading Warning – Read with Caution
Category: Adventures
Disjointed thoughts about family gatherings
Please tell me that I'm not the only one feeling disjointed these days? As a human race, we're all working hard to find ways to stay connected with our loved ones, or friends, or people in general. While we stay physically distant from each other. I'm missing not only seeing my kids but our family… Continue reading Disjointed thoughts about family gatherings
How I broke my blogging break
A long time ago, back when I started blogging, I read a 'what not to write about on your blog' post written by someone else. The blogger said you shouldn't apologize or even indicate that you'd been away from your blog in a post when you come back from a break in blogging. No matter… Continue reading How I broke my blogging break
A reflective pause to my blog project
All the projects on my desk this past Monday were off to their normal rat race pace. I love a challenge, most days, that is. I attacked the papers, scrambling so all disappeared. By waving my hand across the desk, a dot or two here of extra devotion to keeping my mind from racing on… Continue reading A reflective pause to my blog project
Empty nester shakes her narrow-minded view
My empty nester's narrow-minded perspective of being stuck in the house by Ol' Man Winter's hold on the weather this week had to be adjusted! I know it's only temporary, though. The sun may be shining, but the wind is still cold. So, I'll change my mind again, and again, and again. Just like the… Continue reading Empty nester shakes her narrow-minded view
The future of a normal empty nest
Yesterday, as I scrolled stupidly and aimlessly through Instagram and Facebook, I thought to myself, "As an empty nester, comparing myself to social media empty nester experts and over 50 crowds is ... well ... depressing." I liked a few photos from my favorites that I follow (you know who you are), and then I… Continue reading The future of a normal empty nest