No post today so I can help celebrate our youngest’s 18th Birthday. My husband and I got all of them over this finish line. May they all take what we’ve tried to teach and demonstrate to them to heart and become the best person they can be each and every day. Who knows, I may… Continue reading Happy 18th Birthday!

On Thursday we were supposed to go on a small mini vacation. Our plan was to go see our grandson for his second birthday. Things had been calming down Covid-wise when we made the plans. Alas, there was the rise of Omicron. We are as careful as can be, vaccinated, boosted, masked, and very little… Continue reading The Long Wait Continues

Cancelled musical due to weather. The actors couldn’t make into town in time. Band meeting to discuss upcoming trip. Worried school policy of masks at all times may not be strictly enforced on upcoming band trip. Rock and hard place of let our child go or not. What life lesson is taught either way. A… Continue reading One of Those Evenings

One of the things I’ve been wanting to buy to sync with my watch has been an Apple TV for the basement. The Fitness Plus app, which I had previewed, syncs with the latest Apple Watches, which makes it easier to track progress and goals. What I liked, and am growing more fond of, is… Continue reading Fitness Plus

We just finished the talk with our youngest. Not “The Talk,” but The Talk. The Talk is what we have when our kids have gotten close to turning 18. The Talk is about our expectations in being an adult living at home. It reiterates what we’ve had in place as house rules until now, and… Continue reading The Talk

We are coming to the close of yet another year. It always feels like it was just yesterday that the previous year just arrived. How fast 365 days can just fly by! I want to say thank you to friends, neighbors, colleagues, and family. Without all of you, the year would not have been half… Continue reading Goodbye 2021

No real post today other than to say how blessed and lucky I feel to have the husband I do. Four kids, three dogs, two houses, two years of long-distancing, a grandson, and a cross-country move, and we are still going strong! Can’t ask for much more than that! KWell, more Apple products, but that… Continue reading Happy 16th Anniversary

Common water cooler conversation nowadays is about how short staffed we are at the moment. I’m sure, in reading the news, this is water cooler conversation everywhere. Where are all the workers? We all know salary plays a large part of someone applying for a job after we decide the duties of the position sound… Continue reading Where Are All the Workers?

Things creep. You can be going along where time and routines are pretty well in place. Not set, but a framework on which to build the day. Then…something shifts, and time no longer cooperates. As with so many organizations, we are short-staffed and have been for many months. Many of my colleagues are doing the… Continue reading Balance, or Lack Thereof