As part of my marathon training, I need to get back into the habit of eating healthy foods. You know – whole foods, low sodium foods, unprocessed…
I was given a little birdhouse the other day by my foster daughter. She came home and rather unceremoniously handed it to me on her…
My foster daughter is pretty excited about my plans to run a marathon. She thinks I’m an amazing runner and that I’ll do really well.…
My foster daughter has this habit of saying “Guess what?” without giving any further clues or context. In the beginning, I would ask for hints…
Today I had all intentions of doing 8 miles on the treadmill at the gym. I was free of the kid for a few hours…
Dear Stress and Worry: I would like to tell you how very unhappy and miserable you make me. You tell me the world is full…
My foster daughter had a visit with her mom tonight which meant I was on my own for dinner. So, I decided to stop into…
I’m a runner. I have been since school when I ran on the cross country team. I enjoy running. Really, I do. But I never…
My 2010 resolution was to find a bit of joy every day. Each day, I thought about the things that bring me joy and posted them…
I remember the first time I made no-bake cookies for Paul. He came home from work, looked at the plate of cookies on the kitchen…
Today isn’t what it’s meant to be. Instead of me baking a cake for Paul’s 49th birthday, I’m stuck remembering that he only made it…
Well, it would seem that I wasn’t meant to have a proper Thanksgiving this year. I wished for one and even invited family and friends…
This Thanksgiving I have much to be thankful for. I have amazing parents; five sisters who’ve supplied me with loads and loads of fantastic nieces…
I don’t know a thing about fashion, nor do I care. And this is how bad I am: Today, I bought a pretty sweater because…
It’s been a very long week. A very, very long week. But whilst last Tuesday ended with my going to bed sobbing and crying, this…
I have awesome neighbours! After last night’s blizzard, I decided to work from home so that I didn’t have to deal with the roads. But…
Just a quick post to say: Happy 66th birthday to the world’s greatest daddy – EVER!!
The National Weather Service has announced a blizzard warning for the Palouse through tomorrow. And let me just say, I believe it! That’s a lot…
Kids are great. I love the way they don’t mince words. I called a friend on Tuesday to ask for help after claiming it “Ask…
It was September 2001. I was 27 years old and travelling off of the North American continent for the first time in my life. No,…