You Know Exactly What I’m Talking About Mamas and Girlfriends. The voices inside your head that are cruel, relentless, and oh, how they love to torture you. And me. All the time. They go like this--based on my own, AND my overhearing of you lovelies: I should be more patient with my kids. I should be thinner and more toned. I should cook more, use all my gorgeous cookbooks this Continue Reading
Archives for January 2015
Confessions of an Exercise Addict
I haven’t exercised in 8 weeks. GASP! EEK! I did go for a short jog-walk twice, but that doesn’t usually count for exercise-freak-me. And I am totally ok with it. I don’t miss it. Which is WEIRD. And I am not anxious about NOT working out. Which is also even WIERDER. And I’m thinking I may even want to give up my gym membership. Now we are talking crayyy-zee. For all who know me well, Continue Reading
The 11-ish Books I Plan to Read in 2015
1). The Gifts of Imperfection by Brene Brown, Ph.D., L.M.S.W. Let Go of Who You Think You’re Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are. I am reading this right now and it is digging into me in a good-hard and healing way. I highly recommend this book, especially if you are a (little or a lot of a) perfectionist. Even if you are not, there are powerful lessons about connection, vulnerability, Continue Reading
Pretty on the Outside But…. (a repost)
This is a repost from a well-received, well-loved January 2014 blog post. Note: we did NOT--for the first time--send out a card for this past Christmas. We can just use this one. HA! We haven't changed that much--except for Luke, age 14, who towers over me now. Don’t judge us by our Christmas card. We look pretty perfect. Like the quintessential all-American family. Don’t Continue Reading
Because We Begin Again
"Tonight's the night the world begins again..." so said wise sages The Goo Goo Dolls, but it fits. It is New Year's Eve 2014 and we are about to ring in 2015 with champagne, wine, craft brews, Moscow Mules, Smart water, or juice boxes (or all of the above). You may be wearing glitter. OR you may be wearing UGGs and pajamas happily like me. Whatever your costume of choice is tonight, the Continue Reading