It’s Just Stuff

My possessions have been under pretty close scrutiny in 2019. In a blog earlier this year, Minimalism, My Journey Begins, I mentioned my goal to purge one item a day for the entire year. And while that didn’t exactly happen – I made it until sometime in March – I did purge a lot of … Continue reading It’s Just Stuff →

It’s All About Perspective

A while back, my son and I found ourselves caught in a holiday weekend crush of shoppers at Meijer. Who knew that so many people think Meijer is the place to be on a Memorial Day weekend? Every check-out was open, but lines were still long. People were trolling for the shortest line but they … Continue reading It’s All About Perspective →

EMS Week: May 19 – 25

A couple weeks ago, my other half (MOH) and I were out to dinner with some friends and they asked him about his job as a paramedic. I listened to him telling them about cleaning the station, restocking the supplies in the ambulance, and the routine transportation of patients from hospital to hospital. They might … Continue reading EMS Week: May 19 – 25 →

Mother’s Day

Some women are born to be mothers, and I was blessed to have one of those as mine. She loved kids – her kids, your kids, kids she didn’t know. She would offer assistance to moms with crying kids in grocery store lines. She volunteered as a room mother at school, opening milk cartons, wiping … Continue reading Mother’s Day →

and if the music is good, You Dance

The other day I was listening to my iPod on shuffle. My diverse taste in music makes this practice interesting at times. I can go from Johnny Mathis to Panic! At The Disco to Jethro Tull to Beyoncé to Mitch Miller in the course of twelve minutes. But what really throws me off is when … Continue reading and if the music is good, You Dance →

Take A Picture, It’ll Last Longer

It seems like such a crazy thing to me. I don’t own a camera anymore, but I take more pictures than I ever have - usually of things that have little importance. My iPhone camera roll contains dozens of images of sleeping wiener dogs, drinks served at restaurants, and grocery items dropped in places of … Continue reading Take A Picture, It’ll Last Longer →

Happy Easter!

My mom’s middle name could have been Holiday Festive and regardless of the occasion, she could produce appropriate tableware, costume/outfit and decorations at a moment’s notice. She was the queen of making something out of nothing at all. She was also one of the first people in our neighborhood to make an “egg tree” out … Continue reading Happy Easter! →

April Reflections

Photo by Jena Backus on Pexels.com The week of April 14 – April 20 is marked historically with numerous American tragedies. I may be particularly tuned into that because of my family's personal tragedy (April 20, 1986), memorialized that same week. The Virginia Tech shooting (April 16, 2007), the Oklahoma City federal building bombing (April … Continue reading April Reflections →

The Washing Machine

My washing machine has been spitting “dirt” on my clothes. That’s probably not the official diagnosis, but that’s what it looks like to me. It’s one of those intermittent problems. Holy Moly! Do I hate intermittent problems?! You know the feeling… when your car makes a chug-a-ta, chug-a-ta sound most of the time, only not … Continue reading The Washing Machine →

Along Came Sunny

Today we celebrate Sunny’s Gotcha Day - March 30, 2013. It was a day that I was NOT looking to add another canine friend to our pack. Our beloved red dachshund, Rudy, had passed away only a month earlier, and honestly, I was still feeling somewhat fragile having just survived the first year without my … Continue reading Along Came Sunny →