Crying jags, irratibility, hot flashes and giddiness.  Ah, the sweet torment of hormones.  Lately, my home is awash in way too many hormones. 

Ladies and Gentlemen, in this corner, we have a 17-year old.  With long, beautiful hair and a lightning quick brain, she's can knock… Read full post »

Last night, I was finishing up another course in my Master of Education degree, and the professor asked us to share some lessons learned as one of our final online postings.  Although I have learned an awful lot in this course, this week I was reminded of a life lesson that sometimes… Read full post »

This idea is fantastic.  Thanks for the idea!  Here are my three sentences...

I may be too short, and at times socially awkward, insecure, aloof and a water-works cryer, but I love living my life anyway.

Every temper I've lost, sweater I've shrunk, personal afront I've faile… Read full post »

Okay, I give.  For years, Ive been trying to find the perfect balance between work, family, fun and well, life.  No matter how hard I search, I simply can't find it.  For years, I was a full-time working mom and found myself gasping for breath at every turn. 

Should I snuggl… Read full post »

For year's we've had a joke in our house that Mom (me) is Velcro and Dad (my husband) is Teflon.  It's so ingrained that sometimes the kids actually refer to us in jest as "Velcro Mommy" and "Teflon Daddy".  So, I'm wondering if there's anyone else out there who has experienced… Read full post »

I've been reading The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin and since the idea intrigues me so, I've started paying more attention to what makes me happy.  Although I haven't taken as deliberate an approach as Ms. Rubin, I have been really trying to do more of what makes me happy and… Read full post »

Today on the discussion board of my online education course, someone posted a link to Adora Svitak, the 12-year-old dynamo who pokes fun at adults and makes them laugh at the same time.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91BTTsc-6nQ

This young lady is definitely worth listening to!  I was… Read full post »

Although I've had a love-hate relationship with many an electronic device, I have only love for my Kindle.  I am on ocassion the lunatic woman who is screaming at her computer because it's not fast enough or because I was just dim-witted enough to forget to save something tha… Read full post »

Do you ever stop to wonder if teenagers were put on this earth to separate the weak from the strong?  Tonight, I am among the weak.  So, as much as I would love to write about how my brain is on fire with all the new knowledge I’ve fed into it/… Read full post »

I'm 44 and a mother of two daughters (ages 17 and 11), and for the first time in many, many years, my brain is on fire!  On fire, you say, that's ridiculous.  Okay, my brain isn't acutally on fire, but it sometimes feels that way. 

In July, I went back… Read full post »