Susan Wheeler Smith

It's cold and rainy and yucky out. The boys have gone to a high school football game. The Beast and The Older Boyfriend have gone to dinner and a movie. And me...I'm giddy with happiness...The House Is All Mine.I've had Travis cranking on my iPod. I felt the need for a bit of Praise and [...]

That is my favorite word.I'll eat better tomorrow.I'll walk for sure tomorrow.I'll apologize to him tomorrow.I'll write that note to her tomorrow.I'll get the office organized tomorrow.Recently, God has been impressing on me to do things today.So today I took the day off from work. My house was a pit, so I gave it a [...]

Which is why I grabbed it and ran to the computer to plaster it all over the Internet.Hey...she shouldn't set me up with these things.Her varsity team is having a successful season so far. The Beast is playing, well, like a beast. The team has come together and the new (former JV) coach is loved [...]

We had a new fridge delivered Friday. Thanks to a little roll-over interest my mom and dad incurred, my sis and I were the recipients of a tidy sum of hard cold cash. My spouse and I determined to spend ours immediately. I know my sister put hers away for a rainy day and or [...]

I have been married for 25 years today. A quarter of a century. The big 2-5. Three years longer than I lived unmarried.I wish I could say that we were one of those couples that always did it right... communicated... never fought...sailed through life. How boring would that be? And so not true.We have definitely [...]

I spent most of the day in bed yesterday...in my jammies...reading. It was heavenly and exactly what I needed. People, for the most part, left me alone. Tropical Storm Hanna blew all around us. The wind and rain was comforting and calming yesterday for some reason. This morning it is sunny, cool and there is [...]

Let me clarify: the darlings are back to school and I'm the one loving it. Them...not so much. Here they are at 6:30 the first morning of school (which was Tuesday for us):They both had homework on their first day. They both had good and not so good things to say about their classes. I [...]

It is the most incredibly beautiful day here in Northern Virginia. The air has that Fall coolness that makes life worth living. Well, at least for me. I LOVE Fall and it will soon be here.My heart and prayers, however, are focused well South on the Gulf Coast. I was horrified to see that people [...]

I so appreciate ya'll (that's for you, Joanne) allowing me the grace to take a blog break.I can't say I've actually got it all figured out yet...Natalee said some things that really helped me to look inward and attempt to discover my reasons for blogging. What? You don't know Natalee? Here she is.I had the [...]

And, because I am one weepy-stressed-anxious mess...I even cried. Yes, CRIED when I read your sweet, sweet comments and even more evidence that change IS my life...I'm admitting it!Seriously, thank you and yes...I so need walking buddies. Although, I usually walk with the Ultimate Walking Buddy. lol