Today I have two choices. I can catch up with all the work I have to do at my computer e.g., pay bills, write blog posts, finish client projects, work on my website etc., or I can get up and take my kids to the park or work on my yard. Everyday we are faced…
After a week and a half of solid work I’ve lost a pound. One pound! I’m a little disappointed but excited at the same time. So I know that’s a healthy amount to lose but when you are busting your butt on diet and exercise you expect a little more. However, I’m happy that something…
So recently something came to my attention. It was my fatness. Fat is a relative term I know. For me it’s when I wake up one day and realize that I am 12 pounds heavier than I was last year. Fat for me is not just knowing that I no longer fit into my skinny jeans that…
Giving the finger to the tradition of the obligatory holiday card reciprocity By Shelly Cone Every year during the holidays I start to cringe when I check the mailbox. I know at some point I will open the mailbox and that first Christmas card of the season will be sitting there all gold and sparkly…
By Shelly Cone Recently, my husband and I celebrated our 12-year wedding anniversary. Yeah, congratulations to me, right? Of course I’m thrilled that 12 wonderful years of wedded bliss has been easy peasy for us, but anniversaries cause me some amount of anxiety. What should be a happy occasion I usually look upon with dread…
What is so hard about going to bed at night? My kids fail to explain this to me. I mean, come my bedtime, I’m ready to go. In fact, please, someone, send me to bed early. Not a problem. My kids however, don’t abide by their bedtime even when they do. They get in bed,…
My son Jake tells me suspiciously, “mom I’ve got to ask you something. Well I mean I’ve already run this by dad, but, he said to ask you.” “OK, ask” I said. “well, when we were at the park, well OK here is a backstory, there was this …” “He wants to buy a bird,”…
I don’t know how some mothers do it, juggling family and work and household and wifely duties. I think some of us just have it and some don’t. Like that kid when you were young, the one that could wiggle his ears. You ask him how he does it and he’s like, “I don’t know…
There is something happening here. What it is isn’t exactly clear. Oh, wait yes it is, that’s a song from the 60s, I think. Anyway, let me start again. There is something happening here. It’s called potty training, and I’m getting a double dose of it. I guess you can say I’m up to my…
Boo I’m back. It’s been months, I know. But it’s been eventful time away. This past year I almost died. I had two major surgeries. Took in two foster children for safekeeping and then sent them on their way. I saw my PR business double. I’ve held down the fort as my husband has spent…