I’m now a little over 200 pounds. I’ve officially gained 29 pounds during my pregnancy and I still have three weeks to go. Last Wednesday marked my 37th week. Although I feel like I have been pregnant forever, I still can’t believe that the time is almost here. It has been a very interesting journey [...]

Has anyone ever peed on your car? It’s a very violating kind of feeling. I can understand why dogs pee to mark their territory. Who wants to go near someone else’s urine? Here’s how the story unfolded. The hubby and I went for a walk this evening with our dog, Jackson. When we opened the [...]

I was about to delete an email from someone yesterday and then I decided to give it a read. It was called, “One Month.” I don’t receive too much from this particular person, so I figured it wasn’t complete spam. It wasn’t. Instead it was a message about how Americans should buy American goods. Part [...]

I do find inspiration in the oddest moments. Jon is still getting used to my creative methods, which helps me to grow in ways I did not imagine. A few years ago when I took the “Culture of Man” and “Environment and Spirit” courses at UL, I read a lot of articles and books written [...]

How to write a name… So we decided on naming Baby B, Charles. We know we will shorten it, but how do we want to spell it? Charlie or Charley? I like both spellings. Jon likes Charley because he felt the “y” made it more masculine. I like it because it’s a little more different. [...]

The kids knew she was a different kind of teacher when they walked in on the first day of school. There were funky tapestries hanging over the windows and pieces of artwork sitting on the windowsill next to potted herbs. There were words scattered across a bulletin board such as C.A.R.E., awareness, explore, and connect. [...]

Nine times. These relentless sales people called my phone NINE times within THREE hours. I had answered around the fourth call and said, “I am not interested, please remove my number from your list.” With that I hung up. I thought I had sounded firm, but evidently it was not enough. Here’s the story, or [...]

I now wonder if it is better to wait. I hit the half way point of 20 weeks. We found out the gender and are very excited. But now,  we have to wait 20 more weeks to have Baby Boo. The old wives tales are great. I’ve heard them all: if the heartbeat is low, [...]

For one week I had a glimpse. We found a yellow lab puppy and decided to care for it until we found a loving home. He was so adorable, but the cuteness rubbed off after he peed on my floor three times. He was very reluctant to go outside and I was having a hard [...]