One of my favorite quotes..."Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde

I'm certain it's the one our cat, Cuddles, was pondering when we put this on her.

I mean it’s dog attire...made specifically for dogs.  It has pictures of dogs on it, & it says “Woof!”  Clearly, we’re abusive......

I had lunch with my friend Lindsay last week.  She's amazing.  She recently lost over 30 pounds, made a HUGE career shift, & now she's coaching people on eating well, losing weight & living a healthier lifestyle. 

We discussed how SO many facets of our lives could improve if we allowed them to thro...

Each of us has at least one gift.

What’s one of mine?  I have a knack for seeing the best in people & giving them the benefit of the doubt…

Someone swerves into our lane while Matt’s driving?

“Well, maybe his two year old just smashed his glasses, & he’s on the way to pick up his new ones.  He do...

Have a particular opinion about the upcoming election?  Other than wanting it OVER? 😉

Of course you do.  Everyone has one, right?  American or not, it doesn’t matter.

The night before the last US presidential election, I enjoyed the evening with Scottish colleagues and another American colleague a...

If you know what these are, I suspect you're envious...& understandably so.

My husband’s Camry is a 2006 & is fantastic enough to have a cassette player.  Yeah, that’s right. 

He brought these tapes into the house the other day, which reminded me I had forgotten to listen to them on the last road ...

My life was altered last week.   

Why? 

Because we removed the baby safety locks from our kitchen drawers.   

Miles is the youngest, & he turns 7 this weekend.  7.  And I’m pretty sure he defeated the safety locks by 18 months. 

If, at any point throughout the last few years, a visiting friend h...

It's an amazing start to the week.  

Why?

Because I organized the silverware drawer…

which led me to determining which of our 37 water bottles & travel mugs matched the 5 lids conveniently tucked under 23 baby spoons...right next to the stuff we actually use.  

(Turns out zero.) 

And before ...

Ever feel like you shouldn't think or do something because it doesn't make sense to OTHER people? 

Yesterday the boys were at their grandma's, & when I picked them up, Miles was creating something by pounding nails into the ground & connecting string in various places throughout her yard.

He was s...

At what point in life do we really start expecting the unexpected?  

I mean REALLY expect it? 

I planned to do yoga before the boys woke up this morn, but I just couldn’t help myself & decided to do just ONE more thing first… 

I’ll JUST fold the basket of clean towels…Certainly they’ll sleep at l...

It’s been a crazy week.   

In case you didn’t hear, Iowa was hit by a derecho last Monday.  I’m guessing you’ve either lived it & heard SO much about it you’d almost rather hear about covid again OR you’re wondering what the hell a derecho is.  So I’ll tell you just in case. 

A derecho is a large ...

Do you know ANYONE who is good at EVERYTHING? 

I mean really? 

No.  

Maybe everyone else APPEARS to be good at everything, but no one actually is.   

But we often expect that WE should be good at everything, right? 

Why can’t I figure out how to be successful in my career AND spend quality time...

Any idea how many decisions we make in a typical day?

I guessed somewhere between 70 & 10,000.

But Psychology Today estimates about 35,000.  35 THOUSAND.

What should I wear today?  

It’s ok if I wear a t-shirt on ANOTHER Zoom call, isn’t it?

Did I wear this one in last week’s call?

Do I have t...