As I have stated before I love in a lot of different ways. I like to say I easily love the nouns: persons, places, and things. I can become enamored with anything when walking down a city street, or driving down a country road, or just stepping out the front door. It takes a mere … Continue reading Loving all the things
I am very good at moving. Prior to committing to a permanent location and man I would sign a new lease every six months to a year. I even spent a year backpacking across this country and a few others. I love the change, the revaluation, placing my hands on each of my items and … Continue reading Moving Day
My biggest fear in my first pregnancy was that we would "have a dud kid". Actually, that's a lie, my biggest fear in my first pregnancy was that I would give birth to our child in our car on the side of the road in the middle of a snowstorm. However my second biggest fear … Continue reading Having an In-House Adventure Buddy
One day when I was a young girl me and my father moved the TV so that it was perfectly situated that we could see it through the dining room door when we sat at the table for dinner. It was very apparent that evening what we had done when during the meal my mother … Continue reading Reasons why I do not have a TV in my home
When I was a little girl my father used to make up the most ridiculous anD elaborate stories for me. Think Goldilocks and the three bears but with a communist spy twist. Think Humpty Dumpty being rushed to the emergency room with clowns for doctors trying to save him. These stories have become one of … Continue reading The art of storytelling.
So here's the deal, I wouldn't exactly call myself a kid person. I know that kind of makes me a monster and I'm OK with that. I like my kids. I like most of my friends kids. You know if I like your kids because I will invite them over, teach them things, have long … Continue reading I love your babies
So I am driving south away from my family for a week for some much-needed r&r. Counting Stars comes on the radio and I am feeling elated, so I blast the music and screamsing along. I feel free like I can breathe, and as sudden, as it came it goes, and feelings of guilt set … Continue reading Martyrdom and motherhood
So me and my husband are playing Yahtzee the other night. I have rolled a truly crap hand, and we're discussing where to put my pithy number on the scoreboard. I decided a zero for Yahtzee, and my husband is genuinely aghast. He is a Yahtzee guy whereas I am very aware of the fact … Continue reading Marriage Is hard
We bake and cook a lot. Besides making three delicious and wholesomeish meals a day, Friday is my bread day. This could be muffins, zucchini bread, English muffins, focaccia, pizza dough etc. We try to be glutenless (not gluten free, just less gluten), so I make our baked goods with spelt flour, and all of … Continue reading Fixin Cookies
So I'm talking to my mom (who happens to be a nurse of some kind) Tuesday afternoon on the phone. And I'm getting my usual "talk"about the flu vaccine. I personally since becoming an adult have never gotten the flu vaccine, and have never given it to my children. I am telling her not to … Continue reading I am the czar of vomit
The Hot Mess Homestead 