Worth Pursuing

I dropped my kids off at their father’s at bed time and raced to his house for a celebratory drink and early bed time.  **Side note:  Who the HELL goes on vacation on a 5 am flight??? Me apparently**  When I got there, much to my dismay, he was working.  Because he’s a computer geek for [...]

One of the first things I said after my divorce was, I’ll never get married again. And I really believed that. Mind you, I didn’t plan to grow old alone, but I wasn’t comfortable with letting the idea of being “married” and all the stress it put on my previous relationship happen to me again.  [...]

Tonight I go in to take my first ever “BEFORE” photo.  I will be in a swimsuit. FOR. A. PHOTO. Uh….CRAP!  I don’t like pictures of myself in a swimsuit when I’m at a reasonable weight.  I am NOT, currently, at a reasonable weight for me.  But, I think the way to take this seriously [...]

Having a partner that wakes you up for a 5:00 AM kickboxing class…because he knows that you will both have fun doing it together…and getting up and giving it your all, because you DO enjoy working out together. Getting a  Mother’s Day card from your daughter that simply states…”You make me smile”…and telling her that [...]

My ex husband wasn’t abusive.  He wasn’t unfaithful. And he didn’t steal or  drive us into insurmountable debt.  But he wasn’t present….ever.  When we first got married, he said he worked all the time so that when we had kids he’d be comfortable in his career path.  Then after my son was  born, he had [...]

Last Friday, I had a discussion via Twitter, with PrincessJenn.  It all started when someone was looking for design help.  I piped up and said that PrincessJenn was “teh awesome”.  We exchanged just a few quick pleasantries, but the senitment stayed with me all day.  I mentioned that when I became a “real blogger” I would have her [...]

We like our bike It’s made for three Our Mike sits up in back you see We like our Mike and this is why Mike does all the work when the hill gets high….*   It’s been a tough couple of weeks around our house. It’s baseball, tae kwon do, AND dance recital time. We’ve [...]

We are shaped by the relationships with friends and lovers of our past.  There’s no doubt about that.  I am a better person because of almost every relationship I’ve been in.  But with every broken heart and lost commitment comes baggage.  Baggage makes us react inappropriately.  Baggage makes us reach for blame.  Baggage makes us act [...]

  A little over a year ago, I stumbled upon Heather’s blog through Twitter.  Maddie’s smile captivated me.  She was so fun to read about.  And then, so quickly after I had discovered Maddie and her mom, she was gone.  Something I’m sure no one considered possible had happened and because of it,  I was [...]

It’s typically my thing.  So much so, that my man, makes jokes, comments or questions “the plan” at least three times a week.  I have to work through the details in my head.  No matter what the issue: work, home, kids, the man, friends, family…Sometimes, in mulling the details,  I will freak out for awhile but then [...]