cultivating me

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 [...]

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 read this book with my youngest son.  Actually we read it together – one chapter a night, taking turns reading out loud.  As a family we have become so very busy.  I have gotten caught up in staying on schedule and planning ahead that I have let opportunities to spend extra time with the [...]

Today is Tuesday; just an ordinary day.  It’s not the beginning nor the end of the week – it’s not even the middle of the week…but Tuesday is about to become a very special day. Recently, my daughter was promoted to a member of the ballet company she’s been training at and my oldest son [...]

i am such a dork in so many ways.  it infuriates me and amuses me at the same time.  tonight, i was more annoyed than entertained at myself. i sort of had an off day today. i’m not sure where it came from, it just sort of snuck up on me. to begin with, i [...]

yesterday morning i woke up early.  not because the neighbor’s dog was barking or there was a lawn mower running or because the kids were being too loud running up and down the hallway.  i got up early ON PURPOSE! 8am to be exact and i was completely excited to do it. a couple of [...]

Kim @ Up North Mommy has started taking Sunday Drives each week as a way to help remind herself to slow down and enjoy the world around us. This week, I decided to play along. Kim lives in some pretty beautiful wide open spaces – go take at look at the pictures she posted from [...]

I spent yesterday at The Americana at Brand yesterday with my sweetie.  It was such a fabulous day for so many reasons.  For starters, it was a gorgeous day: sunny near 80 with a slight breeze and just a few fluffly clouds in the sky.  This Americana place is an outdoor shopping center – and [...]

My kids are 13 (almost 14!), 12 and 8. They all attend public school and this means that they spend more time outside of the house than they do in it – the hours they are awake anyway. Add this to the fact that they spend every other weekend at their dad’s along time with [...]

I have been battling with taking better care of myself for some time now. I often find myself in a rut or a funk and it takes some serious effort to pull myself out. The weather here has been especially nice lately and that seems to have inspired me to get moving. While I have [...]