cultivating me

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last summer I purchased dwarf citrus trees – lemon, lime, grapefruit and kumquat.  We already have a very large orange tree in our yard which we love and use on a regular basis.  Having citrus trees in my yard reminds me of the house where I grew up. We had orange, lemon and grapefruit trees [...]

this video popped up on my att home page this morning.  i thought it was cute and i love hearing stories about the good things in life and about people who try to make this world a better place – even if it’s one smile at a time.  enjoy – and go make someone smile [...]

do you ever wish you could do that?  turn back time?  maybe to make a different choice or to erase a mistake?  what about just for the chance to relive a day or a moment?  these days i’ve been awfully nostalgic and sentimental.  i don’t know what it is that has brought this on.  maybe [...]

can you hear the angels singing?!? i’m not one who normally shares videos i find on the net but this is just too good to keep to myself. it’s part of a new cooking site that not only shares new recipe ideas but it has videos that show you how to make them. heeellllooooo my [...]

but here’s how my garden grows: these pictures were all taken a few weeks ago. there have been lots of changes in my garden since then.  i’m already harvesting cherry tomatoes and will soon have more than i know what to do with.  we also have a few cobs of corn starting, about 20 meyer [...]

This morning the kids and I made breakfast together.  We had a lot of fun together and it was a good reminder for all of us to keep trying to find ways to spend this kind of time togeher.  We are all so busy these days and it seems as if our time to just [...]