WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: SUMMER
Hot summer days need cool water balloons! What do you do to beat the heat?
Hot summer days need cool water balloons! What do you do to beat the heat?
I wake up daily at 6am, intentionally or not. Today, being a rare morning with no children nor commitments, I set my alarm later. At 8am I awoke relishing how great it felt to still be in bed. I closed my eyes just for a moment to wake up slowly and when I did, it…
My inner tough-chick self hungered to see The Hunger Games to validate the feverish frenzy surrounding me. I loved the premise of kids sacrificing for another while making huge life-changing decisions towards their own futures. I got hung up on kids fighting to the death but went to see how this translated to screen. I…
As I spin through the musical genius known as the soundtrack for Grease 2, let me divulge to you how I longed to be Stephanie Zinoni singing her heart out from the top of the ladder about her Coool Rider! I don’t care that she sang horribly, nor that this movie was extra cheesy. It…
After surviving the craziest few weeks that I can recall in our 11+ years together, plus faced with many fabulous events that collectively threatened to blaze through our weekend with the blink of an eye, a theme song entered my head and had me searching for an alley to hang out in Friday night. We dangled…
A lady came in wearing a beautiful silver necklace featuring a guy with his arms out looking like he’s grabbing the chain he hangs from. I complimented her taste saying I love jewelry where it looks like someone is hanging from it. Why, just the day before I saw one where it looks like a…
This week can’t end fast enough, yet, we could use a few more days. Nonetheless, we’re halfway and since we just started feeling that we may survive this week (knock on wood!), when the kids finally got to bed, I wanted to shut off my brain and just hang out while doing normal things like…
For the past few weeks, leading up through this week, school report deadlines loomed over both my kids’ heads. Plus this week piled tournaments for my daughter’s softball team, my son’s mid-week baseball game, and I’m waiting anxiously to hear anything about whether or not my temporary position might convert to a permanent job! While…
In our house the kids get excited about holidays – especially those involving gifts. We like to put thought into gift giving when we have the luxury of time, and they enjoy planning for me just as much. They start planning what they’re going to give me early on but considering they don’t have an…
I chose this picture because this person maintained extreme focus but the result was unfocused. WTF – Watch the Force!
Every four years the nation sits fixed to their TVs, anxious to celebrate people who worked hard to truly master skills for their shining moment. People embrace winners, hunger for underdog successes, and celebrate the rest simply because of their inspirational spirits! After the Olympic Closing ceremony, the sheen of gold, silver and brass tarnishes…