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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A couple of months back, I read “The Five Love Languages” (How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate).  My relationship with my husband was a bit rocky and had been for a few weeks.  We weren’t (and are not) in jeopardy of divorce but we seemed to be having a great deal of difficulty [...]

Six Flags Magic Mountain to be exact and I spent Saturday there with Jerry, our 3 kids, my brother his girlfriend and her 2 kids.  It was a great day.  I’m not really sure what I liked most about the day because there were a great many things to like. First of all, I got [...]

I love flipping through magazines, browsing blogs/sites, and watching TV shows which contain do it yourself decorating or gift ideas.  I will often sigh and can often be heard mumbling “I wish I could do that”.  I just don’t think I have the kind of talent necessary to make, construct, or put together the ideas [...]

Jerry has a fairly large family and each year for Christmas, they pull names for a gift exchange.  The idea is to make sure everyone has gift at the family gathering and they set a price limit so no one has to spend too much.  It’s an idea I’m still getting used to and an [...]

Thursdays are usually left over nights in our house.  However, more often these days, leftovers get packed up in school/work lunches.  It’s not such a big deal except when I forget they get eaten and then, like last night, realize the one sole enchilada remaining wasn’t going to be enough.  As my son and I [...]

On Sunday it was decided that the family would come to our house for the holiday.  We’ll either be a family of 5, 9 or 12 depending on who actually shows or doesn’t.  Sweet’s family is more of a “we’ll wait and see” kind of family than mine is.  At times, I have a hard [...]