The other day while admiring the symmetry in my blog view statistics – and believe it or not, the balance thrills my mildly OCD self more than the values – I shared aloud that my numbers went from 11, to 27, to 38, back to 27, then back to 11! “11?!” My 11 year-old son…
Are things sweeter the second time around? Here are two arguments with two sides and I’d love to hear your thoughts. MEN Girl meets boy. Girl loves boy. Boy breaks up with girl. Girl gets over boy. Boy comes crawling back to girl when they’re both home for the summer… In my case, it didn’t…
April proved to be an amazing month for parenting, but not-so-amazing for blogging. In my kids’ already compacted schedule, we added a Scout promotion, a scholastic reading contest, several musical recitals and amazing ball games to name a few. The month yielded many highlights and challenges but as I entered May – with its exponentially…
My name is Sarah and I am a blogger! I no longer have to hide my dirty habit! After celebrating my 100th day blogging by attending a blogging seminar I am validated and energized that one can follow many realistic paths to various careers that didn’t exist 5 years ago or even 5 days ago!…
While putting my kids to sleep my son asked how long it takes me to write my nightly blog. On average, 2 hours – when I know my topic ahead of time. When my mind draws blanks, I “research.” My son emerged 2 hours later announcing he couldn’t sleep but was I finished my blog?…
WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF CREATIVE WRITING? After staring at my keyboard for hours last night reading headlines, a few blogs, and playing too many phone games to mentally let go of my week, I went to bed. BLOCKED BIG TIME! Somehow, while sleeping, I sorted my issues and found a resolution. DIVIDE AND CONQUER!…
Perhaps I’ve lived too long with cats, or I’m just spoiled by Southern California, but I’m not a rain lover. I love the consistent chilly mornings with clouds that burn off to reveal blue skies and a warm sun that sets back into a cooler evening. Knowing that rain heads my way for this weekend…
Today I wallowed in self-pity over this cold lasting FOREVER – really, 8 days – and my cold med-muted creativity. Then, something sparkly caught my eye to draw my vision beyond the walls of my Kleenex box. Vanessa Chapman nominated ME for a versatile blogger award! This means a lot because I frequently ponder whether…
Woo hoo! Three cheers for the sun this week! A solar flare threatened to tan us all to a crisp or frazzle our GPS to mess up our commutes! We received warm enough days for kids to jump in the ocean – no sane adult would do that without a wetsuit. Then, as I left…
Numbers and I remain cordial. By accident, or my ethnicity, I usually score well on math tests. However, the more I think about numbers, the faster my head spins. I started this blog for the daily discipline to write and to live the joy discovered by breathing life into creative tidbits that I wander across,…
Blogging rides up on my butt every night threatening to run me over and derail me. Recently back working again, I haven’t retained the mental space to prepare a prominent idea cultivated while wandered during the day – and I don’t want to blog about my work as I’d love for it to transform into…
Waking up Friday, the first thought sneering and challenging me counted “10 hours til Friday night!” Still high off the me-time from last week I counted on the zen to return once the 5 o’clock hour hit. Only one job, a short commute, and Tae Kwon Do class to carpool first. Then, I got a…
