May 11, 2012

week in review 05/11

that time Raffi @replied me and made my childhood complete I don’t know about you, but I grew up listening to Raffi. Raffi and ABBA. (Hi, Mom!) I loved his songs when I was a kid, and I love his songs now and play them for my kids. That little “who to follow” section on [...]

April 23, 2012

one thousand gifts

A couple weeks ago, Sue (my mother-in-law) handed me a book and said that she thought I’d like it because the author sounded a lot like me. We had a screen-free Sunday, and after lunch I finally opened the book, One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp. I automatically knew I’d like it because the author’s [...]

April 16, 2012

just another manic monday

This Monday-after-spring-break thing is the WORST. Over-tired babies who won’t nap, snow and dark skies that make me so depressed as much as I try not to let it bother me, a kid who tries to pull the wool over my eyes, and a PLEASE PLAY AGAIN on my Roll Up The Rim cup (that [...]

March 17, 2012

sprung

Oh, this last week. The days have been … well, they’ve been. They happened. They were full and fun and stressful. I’ve spent most them on my couch in front of the TV (Buffy the Vampire Slayer on) with my computer on my lap. I built a website for my mom, I helped a friend [...]

February 9, 2012

Happy Mental Health Day (yesterday)!

Okay, so maybe Mental Health Day isn’t exactly a thing to be all happy about. Like melting snowmen, or something. Anxiety has been killing me slowly. Every morning. I can’t kick it. My heart races, my head aches, I sweat, I shake, and I feel ill. And I get annoyed and short-tempered. Little things start [...]