This blog was, for awhile, a place of therapy for me. I could come here, pour out all my thoughts and feelings about what was going on in my life, and feel better afterward, like I’d had a good cry about it all, but without the puffy eyes and snotty nose. I’ve also celebrated here, which is also good therapy for me. But this blog has always been about my...

Click through for some wonderful words of wisdom sent to me this morning by my BFF. I just LOVE the mental picture this evokes!

Did you get a chance to tune in to President Obama’s address to the nation last night? If not, here are his opening remarks: I wish this video included the almost 45 minutes of questions and answers that followed, but I guess that’d be too dang big for YouTube to handle. Of all the things I saw on the news last night afterward, the thing that most...

I imagine everyone with a blog is writing about the inauguration of President Obama today. I’m no exception. I purposefully scheduled no appointments this morning, intending instead to watch the festivities on TV since I can’t be there in person. Though I did end up taking a few calls and helping a couple of clients, at 10:30am, I walked away from the...

Happy Anniversary to Me! Saturday marked a momentous occasion for me: Six years ago Saturday, I was laid off from my job and decided to become self-employed instead of look for another job. So, Sunday was the first day of my 7th year in business. Wow. It’s been an interesting journey, these six years. Many times, I entertained the idea of giving up and getting...

You can always tell, can’t you, when my life gets a little nuts. I disappear from here. I don’t do it on purpose, you know. It just sorta happens. I’ve been blowin’ bubbles in the water line lately, tryin’ not to drown in the details of life. The good news is it hasn’t been all bad. Some of the details are actually quite good....

PDD is a nightowl like her mama, except unlike her mama, she doesn’t do well with less than 10 hours of sleep. Not well, at all. Which is why, in the 4th grade, she still has an 8:30pm bedtime. (“But Mom – all my friends get to stay up until 9 at least!” she cries on a regular basis.) I get her up at 7am on school days which means, if...

Oldest Son’s dad called this evening asking if PDD was home. I said she was. He told me he was coming by with a surprise for her. I asked if it was what I thought it was, and he said it was. (There is a short little video of her ride around the front yard over there in the sidebar. That’s Oldest Son’s step-mom leading.) To say that we were the...

I was watching Craig Ferguson the other night (of course) and he and his guest were talking about TV shows in the fall line-up, and they confirmed the rumor I had heard earlier in the year that yes, Boston Legal will be back, but

That even sounds bad, doesn’t it? Well, let me assure you - it IS bad. Not fun, either. But it’s how I spent my weekend. You? Everything started off ok…we (PDD and I and her friend) went to Second Son’s football game Friday night. Oh! I almost forgot! We were on the news, the 3 of us! Yep - Hollywood’ll be calling next week, I’m sure. (As much as I’m sure you want to get to the details of my dysentery, let me soapbox a little about this experience. Just a little…I promise.)