Connecting with others by asking, “How do you spend most of your time?” #yearofbeautiful

I thrive off of connecting with people so a big part of my #yearofbeautiful initiative is doing this better. It's my third item (of 3) on my list: "I will strengthen my connection with others." I find, often (especially since joining the SAHM world), that I don't know how to ask if a new person …

The front porch in York

This is one of my stories: a story about the scriptures and a story about me, surviving. My Facebook feed has been littered today with people posting scriptures (because #LIGHTtheWORLD). I'll be honest: I skip over them. They're all such long scriptures. I dunno. I guess I'm not spiritual today. But guess what? I have …

In the age of loneliness, I am not lonely

I read the saddest thing today. Apparently, we live in the Age of Loneliness. It’s not the digital age, we’re far past the stone age, and it ain’t anything lingering from the space age. Today, we are lonely. The average American has only one real friend. One. You guys, I depend on people. MY PEOPLE. …

Mike! Knock, knock, knock. Mike!

Dom really likes our neighbor. Mike lives next door and most of his kids are grown and married, but Dom doesn't notice the age difference. Mike is his buddy. Dom likes to bang on the window and call for Mike, whether or not he is outside. We have a small wall between our yards so …

What I couldn’t do myself: Christmas is back on

Emily helped. Pogi helped. Nathan helped. Mom helped. Christmas is on at the Elkinseseseses. Dom is very happy about it. He loves Christmas lights and he loves the school bus and motorcycle ornaments. December was off to a rough start with strep throat making the rounds, no snow but the world outside has gone dormant …

Blog Awards, a.k.a Chain Letters

I was nominated for the Liebster Award. Pretty exciting, right? It's a little bit like getting a chain letter of old. Thankfully, this one didn't come with death threats about what will happen to you if you don't comply with the rules.  At least, not a death threat that I am aware of. When I …

Laboring for Labor Day

We’ve been doing some work on the condo, but I’m saving that for a later post. Due to this, we spent a lot of time working on that over Labor Day weekend. I even have pictures… for later. So despite my title, which I could change, but I just don’t feel like it, I’m going …

The Power of Music

Fridays, I telework which means I often stream a Pandora station. Thanks to my brother, Thane, I have some new Jazz stations to enjoy. But today, I felt like pulling out an old CD binder to see what I could find inside. Don’t you love the mystery of putting on an old, recorded CD and …

The FREE Sarcastion Mark

I know some people who are sarcastic. I know a few of them. I might be one of them. But when I use it in writing, I definitely avoid “labeling” it by tossing in an LOL at the end. Perhaps one day I will start a web campaign against LOLs. But that is for another …

When Did You Last Take A Bath?

"I always get naked before I take a bath." ~Kasey "K, I'm getting in the bathtub sometime this week with my clothes on." ~Nathan