Settling into an empty nest is easy when you realize the spontaneity you had when you were first married, can be revived. Remembering that you're not planning around kid's schedules and that you're back to just the two of you, helps. And as long as it is mutual, it's a pleasant surprise to allow moments… Continue reading How to revive spontaneity in an empty nest life
Category: Emptying the nest
Where cats, ants, and sex cross paths
The one thing I imagined I'd look forward to with an empty nest is that our house would always be clean and tidy. There wouldn't be shoes and clothes strewn about. There wouldn't be messes on the floors, and stuff left behind the doors. There wouldn't be piles of papers on the counters. There wouldn't be… Continue reading Where cats, ants, and sex cross paths
The messiness of newness
When I start out on a new adventure of discovery, it's exciting. My excitement is filled with the ideas of newness and of the freshness of the grand plans to feed my soul. I paint a picture in my head of the projected outcome. It's a beautiful vision. It will be perfect, right? When plans… Continue reading The messiness of newness
The magic of reflection
If you could list just 2 things you'd like to change about yourself, what would those two things be? Make them simple, like overcoming failed efforts at capturing something for posterity sake. Or the easy-peasy kind of thing that you've lost control of. I'm talking about FREE things, nothing that costs a lot of money.… Continue reading The magic of reflection
This chick’s getting into empty nesting
Sunday marked the official empty nest's one-week-down mark since our youngest moved away. It was a beautiful spring day. So many possibilities...what's an empty nest mom to do? Reflect, of course. (My gray hair sure has grown in a year...!) As I look back, I'm thinking, "This empty nest thing might be my kind of thing?"… Continue reading This chick’s getting into empty nesting
My bloody garden is on fire this spring
I'm experimenting with expanding my dubious minimalist approach to gardening. Now that our nest is empty, I'm thinking growing flowers is a good idea to occupy my "free time." I do have perennials. Not just dandelions... You'll have to trust me on the perennials...they are recovering from the winter. I call them the "survivors… Continue reading My bloody garden is on fire this spring