cultivating me

And today, the boys and I became very very virtuous. (5 hours after I originally typed this and we are back on the road and once again have signal! Yay!) I was hoping to be typing this from the comfort of the guest room in my Aunt and Uncle’s house. The time right now is [...]

I just couldn’t resist the alliteration My boys and I are traveling on a train and are currently just north of San Luis Obispo. I can tell you this because I am sitting here typing while connected to a Sprint MiFi card. And while I often complain about technology in terms of our constant connection [...]

These past few weeks I’ve been struggling with keeping the house together.  It seems no matter how much I clean, the mess just does not seem to go away.  It got me thinking.  I know other families whose homes always seem so clean and more importantly so much cleaner than mine.  I know I have [...]

Lessons are like life’s simple pleasures, they are everywhere. Some weeks hold more lessons than others and some lessons are more profound than others.  It’s been nice to have the opportunities to be on the look out for them. Here’s what I learned this week. I have amazing kids! If I my kids know that [...]

So I made a Life List.  It’s not done yet but I keep adding to it as things occur to me.  I’ve changed and edited it along the way too and it will probably always be ‘in progress’.  The simple act of writing these things down has changed my whole outlook on life. I see [...]

We have a small room out behind the garage This room has been many many things throughout the history of this house.  My great grandfather was a dentist and he used to use that little room to see patients and pulled many teeth back there.  (I will always find that amusing) My grandmother used it [...]

This morning, like most mornings, I woke up at 6:15 and like most mornings the first thing I did was to I reach over and turn off the alarm. My alarm happens to be my phone and so naturally the next thing I did was check my email, twitter and facebook accounts.  WAIT….WHAT?!? Naturally that’s [...]

This past week has been entirely absurd and I’m glad it has passed.  I’m also glad that over the past couple of days I’ve been able to take the time to learn a few things along the way. i use anger as a defense mechanism when i’m angry i don’t like to talk and i [...]

This week, my two oldest kids were on Spring break. My youngest? His Spring break was during the two weeks prior. And mine? two weeks before that – how is it possible to have 4 weeks of Spring break between the 4 of us and yet, none of them overlapped. I don’t know. I do [...]

my sweet baby girl i know this is a few days late – okay almost a week! but you know, i think i still need time to properly come to terms with how grown up you are.  sixteen! wow – you are so grown.  almost a woman and yet i can clearly remember the day [...]