I’ve already braced myself for the shunning I’m going to receive for this one; I’m mentally prepared for the mass exodus as people ‘unlike’ my Facebook page and ‘unfollow’ me on Twitter. Maybe I’m being overly dramatic, but I’ve found that people harbor very strongly held opinions when it comes to this subject and tempers […]
Week 42: Snow No!
There seems to be two camps when it comes to the first snow of the season. There are the people who are horrified by it and there are the people who are thrilled by it. Usually the people who are horrified by it are over five feet tall and the ones who are thrilled by […]
Week 41: I Might Be Crazy
New to the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to learn what it’s all about. I’ve signed up for something and I think I might be crazy for attempting it. What is it, you ask. I’m doing NaNoWriMo. Waiting for the collective gasp of disbelief…. Nothing? Oh wait, I bet 99% of you have no […]
Week 40: The Day I Ran Out of Coffee
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to find out what it’s all about. You may notice that this week doesn’t have a movie title. It was just too much for my uncaffeinated brain. I might not go back. 5 am Alarm sounds. I have four stories burning a hole […]
One New Food and Keeping It Real Challenge Week 39: Fish Recipes
Today I’m bringing you an Oh, Honestly first: I’m combining my #ONENEWFOOD and Keeping It Real Challenge posts because… well, because trying our one new food this week was most definitely a Keeping It Real moment. Kristen and I promised you that we’d share healthy recipes each week to go along with our #ONENEWFOOD and […]
Week 38: Unnecessary Meanness
If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, click here to find out what it’s all about. I’ll just apologize for this one right from the start. I’ve realized that writing is the best way for me to work through events and sort out my feelings. Sometimes I get […]
Week 37: Gone Baby Gone
If this is your first time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, click here to find out what it’s all about. Week 37: Gone Baby Gone I realized something this week. It’s a realization that’s been coming all summer, but it finally crystallized this week. I’ll back up a bit. Every spring since […]
Week 36: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
First time joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge? Click here to find out what it’s all about. Have you ever been hit so hard by a realization that it almost physically hurts? I have. Just the other day, in fact. I’m not exactly sure how to explain this without going into all the […]
Week 35: To Eli and Samuel on Their 6 1/3 and 4 1/3 Birthdays
If you’re just joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, please click here to find out what it’s all about. We took the kids to Build-a-Bear this week. We were four months late. See, the kids’ birthdays all fall very close together in April and May. When I plan birthday parties I’m somewhere in […]
Week 34: All Creatures Great and Small
If you’re just joining me for the Keeping It Real Challenge, please click here to find out what it’s all about. On Saturday the kids and I sat in the living room for probably 20 minutes, watching two squirrels run back and forth, gathering and storing acorns. As we watched, we asked question after question: […]