Today is Mr. Diamond’s birthday and I am woefully unprepared for it. I usually try to make a big deal about it since it is just a week before Christmas and he usually gets gypped and this year I just have not gotten organized to Continue reading →
It is no surprise that I love reading fortunes in fortune cookies. We tend to eat at a lot of Chinese and Japanese restaurants and I can’t resist a good fortune every now and then. Some are more amusing than others and honestly some make Continue reading →
One of the fun things about moving is unpacking those hidden boxes that have been pushed to the back because they did not have immediate need status. While I was preparing for the arrival of the Habitat for Humanity truck to come pick up a Continue reading →
I never used to think about being independent and about how much a part of me it might become as I grew older but I have discovered that it is a quality that I do possess. I have not hidden the fact that I used Continue reading →
The long awaited day has come and gone. I am left with memories and pictures and a sense of sadness that the one thing that I had been so looking forward to for so long is over. Done. Finished. Complete.Of course I am talking about Continue reading →
This past weekend I am owning up to making one very bad decision and one good decision. I think it is only fair to share honestly on my blog with my readers so today I own it. Chris and I spent the weekend at Aaron’s Continue reading →
I love public art exhibits and when there are almost life sized bears involved you can imagine I am all in. Chris and I spent some time in downtown Hendersonville, North Carolina the weekend that we came house hunting and I was delighted to find Continue reading →
I have been thinking a lot about home lately. I have written a couple posts previously about what home is to me and you can read one of those here. But the way I am thinking about home these days is a bit different. It Continue reading →
I make no claims to being coordinated or excessively graceful. Never have been and I doubt that since I am middle aged that is going to happen at this point in my life. My mom used to call me Calamity Ann Brown if that tells Continue reading →
Someday, I want my children to know that there is strength and dignity in asking for help. –Jennifer Flaa I have some of the wisest friends. I really do. They make me think all the time. They stretch me to be more than I am Continue reading →
