Loren has been home from school now for three days. Never before in his academic career has he spent than many days at home. Good thing too because he is driving me crazy. Such is his energy level that if I could I would seal him in a teen sized container just so he would [...]

Loren will be sixteen in nearly two months. That means that he is well on his way to voting age, he will be able to legally drink in about six years and if he had been super motivated he would be able to drive in just 69 days. Fortunately for me he has shown little [...]

Earlier tonight I was thinking about how hard my life is, how it would be great if I had the social skills to have a partner to raise my kids, how if I had a personal chef then maybe he could double as my trainer and maybe my partner…. Then the noise and needs of [...]

“When the voices get too overwhelming, I sculpt orchids. Then all is quiet.” This is from Lawrence Fishborne’s character in a fairly recent CSI episode. ( I don’t know how recent since I watch them in streaming time where the shows don’t seem to be in any particular order. ) So my response to this [...]

If there is anybody who puts it out there any more than bloggers it has got to be those weirdos on YouTube who film themselves lip synching to videos, edit them and then post them. Seriously, what sort of time do these people have that they can do all this? Yes, I totally get the [...]

In five weeks and one day I will be out of a job for the summer. The mere thought makes me wish I had a big, furry dog tail to wag in joy. It’s not that I don’t like my job or feel grateful to even have employment in this time of extreme job insecurity, [...]

Birthday parties always wear me out and leave me feeling that the inside of a log would be a very good placce to hide for awhile. Cassidy’s party was really quite wonderful. Pizza, a treasure hunt, a crazy cake and presents galore. My mother and ex-husband were in the same vicinity and I barely felt [...]

Twelve years ago tonight I arrived on my parent’s doorstep after a four hour drive over the Continental Divide. Loren was nearly four at the time; I was pregnant with Cassidy, well more than that I was one day overdue with her. The doctors had put me on bed rest at six months when I [...]

For quite some time now I have been plagued with a near constant feeling that my pulse is going to rocket through my skull while I simultaneously faint from shakiness. Not really a good feeling, and often made worse by the fact that it comes about 20 minutes after eating. Given my history of anxiety [...]