This post is not for the fainthearted! I’m warning you! Graphic image loading! At work the other day, the janitor opened the cleaning closet to pull out his mop bucket. “Hey, come here! Look at this!” he hollered. I trotted over. OH. MY. GOSH. This is the honkingest, hugest, monstrous-est wolf spider I have ever […]
Archive | May, 2013
Solving Super-Dry and Rough Skin
May 25, 2013
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This post brought to you by Tree Hut. All opinions are 100% mine. I really love my job, and it's been an absolute blast meeting new people and learning new skills. I also like dressing up again. It's been a long time since I've done that. I wasn't terribly motivated working as a writer at […]
The Thistle
May 23, 2013
We visited a lovely historic saw mill (still in operation, too!) Saturday. It was our first trip in many months. It felt good to get out, even though my unaccustomed leg muscles cramped from the drive. Along the bank of the mill pond are a cluster of thistles. They caught my attention. They are beautiful […]
Hello, Pals
May 16, 2013
This is unreal. This is the first time in about ten years of blogging that I have not blogged for such an extended period of time. And I’m looking at my computer keyboard with its dingy, dirty white keys and wonder How the heck could I let this go for so long?! This keyboard is […]


Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I'm a freelance writer for national media outlets like USAToday.com, Salon.com, and others. I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?! Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side.








May 25, 2013
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