Before having kids, I enjoyed being a night owl. After having kids, I had to be a night owl because those kids weren’t going to nurse and snuggle themselves all night long. Before having kids, my evenings were my own. After having kids there were messy bath time water fights, with loud giggles and laughter [...]
AKA...what it is like owning a street-wise German Shepherd Dog/Labrador Retriever mix puppy. I was at the beach for girls (and babies) weekend, and never suspected a thing. We had recently been accepted to foster Golden Retrievers. Following the loss of our beloved Goldie, Jack, we thought maybe we would get lucky and do another [...]
The first full week of August is coming to an end. And while the weather has been more than tolerable, I can’t help but be suspicious of August’s weather intentions.
Sunday is my week planning day. I try to get my meals planned out and break down each day into chunks of things to get done that particular week. Today will be even more so. I'm finally fever free for 24 hours and tomorrow will get back on track with exercising. Food has been going [...]
Woke up early to get in an early walk. It cracks me up, still, after all of these years, to read something like that about me. I was always a night owl. Unless you count staying up til the wee morning hours reading as a morning person. Sleeping in was just something I always loved to [...]
*Edited below* I was shocked when I pulled up This Girl and the last post was dated February. I honestly thought my site was down and/or missing posts. Nope. My site was missing ME. I have been MIA. Lots and lots of things have happened, but I am not going to talk about them today. [...]
Sitting in the living room, lights off, watching the sun rise. A pretty sunrise, to be sure, but not as inspiring as I had hoped on this Monday morning of life changes. I could hear, was distracted by, the noises of the house. My people up and moving about. Getting ready for their day; their [...]
My Man was out of town for a few days this week. Which worked out to the benefit of all. I was fighting a nasty cold (read: coughing all night long; trying to catch up on sleep during the day) and I always feel sorry for him because under the best of circumstances, I'm a [...]
Psalm 98."Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done marvelous things."The other day I was reading Psalm 98 and this verse (Psalm 98:1)...I just couldn't get past it. I had to dig a little deeper into what it was really saying.The word, "sing": to celebrate in song; to praise. "Sing to the [...]
November 1st fell on a Sunday this year. For someone who always thinks of Fall and the beginning of the Holiday Season as the true beginning of a New Year (like me) this was magical. Maybe it has to do with being raised Episcopalian and the liturgical year begins with Advent?In any case, the leaves [...]
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