Adventures · Cheers

There’s no shame in swearing

Approximately a month ago I started a shopping list of things around the house that I thought I needed. Every day I'd get up in the morning and decide that I could wait one more day.  If I didn't feel like going to Walmart to get the stuff, I decided I didn't really need it… Continue reading There’s no shame in swearing

Adventures · Inspiration

A Tuesday Tweet about Current Reads

Last year, I read a book about Twitter. I loved the book, it was very interesting.  I remember feeling a strong desire to run from social media, or at least from the sucking power that SM has on consuming our/my time. As a result of reading it, I never joined Twitter.  I wrote about my… Continue reading A Tuesday Tweet about Current Reads

Adventures · Emptying the nest

A not so perfect mixture for decluttering

Spring is the time to renew and a perfect time to declutter.  All you have to do is spring into action and sh*t stuff you no longer want or need will magically disappear right before your eyes. April brings Spring-like weather while it showers us with the Yippee! - I'm all warmed up to the… Continue reading A not so perfect mixture for decluttering

Adventures

The weekend Mrs. went MIA

Aliens do live here in our woods.  They make loud scary noises and then the deer run.  And YES! it does happen. No, they don't, and no, it doesn't happen here. Yes, it does.  People and trees get abducted all the time. No, they don't.  Not here.  Not from our house or in our backyard. … Continue reading The weekend Mrs. went MIA

Adventures · Inspiration

How I accomplished my reading goals

Holy crap...I gotta tell ya folks, it's an amazing feeling to accomplish a goal.  I'm talking about meeting a goal that was set months earlier and Shazam!, all of a sudden the goal is reached. Before I planned it to happen. It was one of a 1st of the year kinda goals. Yeah, I did… Continue reading How I accomplished my reading goals

Going Gray · Inspiration

Book Review – Travels with Epicurus

My mom died at the age of 71.  That was too young according to her primary care physician.  71 is only 18 years older than I am right now.  When I think about a span of 18 years, that's how long it took me or my children (or all of us) to branch from birth… Continue reading Book Review – Travels with Epicurus