A slice of today

A list of things to remember about this day/time: When dropping the kids off at school, Gabriela ran off without her mask on so I called her to stop. I hopped out of the car to hand it to her. It had a flower print.I sipped on Starbucks hot cocoa mix made with oat milk …

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A random list of my current open Chrome tabs

I just counted. I have 29 open Chrome tabs across my two monitors. I randomly chose ten of them and this is what I do online: My Gmail, of course Slack, where I do communication type things with my hubby The Great Work Study, because I think I'm going to take the time to read …

My 2019 hashtag: #rootedlife

Neltiliztli is a word from the Aztecs and is their philosophy for living a worthwhile life. It means rootedness. It's the reason I've chosen my 2019 hashtag, #rootedlife. I want to do things this year to live a more rooted life. First, a few paragraphs on last year's hashtag and then, the scoop about what …

Monday musings on why I don’t blog

Either I think too much or expect too much to post blogs these days. I want to say profound things. To post meaningful content. Or maybe I'm without keywords to focus on. That's the fault of doing work that's search engine optimized (SEO). When I write for those, I keep a tally of the number …

A list for this day in October

I told a bunch of writers at a conference that they should still blog because practice is good. I don't blog lately because all my writing energy goes to other people. Sometimes that's good, sometimes it's draining. At that writing conference, I taught one of the classes and it was a blast! I received an …

Ode to my foam roller

I spent quality time this afternoon with my foam roller. The kids were in their rooms, napping or quiet timing, so I went to my room, too. While on vacation last week, I truly missed my foam roller. I missed it many times, in fact. Times such as: While waiting at the airport to catch …

hypocritical mom statements

In honor of the one-year anniversary of my new career as a SAHM, here's a list of hypocritical statements by me or some of my mom friends. Do you have one to add? Don't pick your nose. No candy before lunch. Stop yelling. Stop reading and go to bed. Don't get naked. People don't like to …

Summer is for…

Playing in the sprinklers Grilling Gardening Vacations Family Zoo trips Parks Hikes Feeding the birds Feeding the ducks Painting Car washes Cold sodas Cold sugar cookies Neighborhood walks Swimming Boating Fireworks Sunsets Starry nights

19 things this mom wants to teach her son

  I’m a mom. I have a son. There are things that I want to teach him: 19 things. Okay, so I wrote this really long blog article about the things that Dom has learned and the things he’s learning and the things that I want him to learn because he’s a BOY. But I …

I’m the mom; I am not in charge

10 clues I know that Gabbi's in charge here: My clothes don't fit and she has a basket full of adorable outfits in her size, plus another bin in the next size, and the next, and the next... She sleeps 20 hours and I try to remember not to check my sleep logged by my …