As promised... though several weeks late.Several weeks ago I attended the JDRF’s Type One Nation Summit in my local area.  This is the first diabetes event I’ve attended outside of the annual JDRF Walk.  I’ve always wanted to attend an event like this – one that offered the latest in diabetes research and technology, and … Continue reading My Afternoon at the JDRF Type One Nation Summit

On July 4th, Todd and I decided to do something together that we’ve never done.  The kids were away at their dad’s, and we actually had a weekend to be ALONE!  We took a road trip to Ocean City, Maryland.  I haven’t been there since my last “family” vacation with my ex in 2010.  I … Continue reading Todd & I Do Something Together

Somehow I’ve managed to confuse myself and we are actually in week 5 now.  I wrote during week 3 for my previous Summer Vacation post, but actually had much left to experience after Sunday’s Applebee’s Flapjack Fundraiser for cheer before calling it over.  What I did when I wasn’t here:Woke up at 7 on a … Continue reading What I Did On My Summer Vacation – Weeks 4 & 5

Yesterday I had to leave the house at 5:30 to pick the kids up, and by the time I got home I was ready to go back to bed.  I curled up with my phone and read the newest post on a blog I follow.  She is a 40-something woman on a voyage through some … Continue reading Distractions, Debacles, and a Date with Usher

I’ve decided to open a hostel.  Really.  The renovations in the rec room are moving along with the stops and starts of a failing transmission… but not for lack of effort, as time marches on and there is of course living to be done in the midst of obligations.  Nevertheless, Todd has nearly completed the … Continue reading What I Did On My Summer Vacation – Week 3

It’s week 2 of our collective summer vacation, and already I’m feeling like a rabid squirrel with Alzheimer’s. The last week has been filled with no uncertain degree of unintended chaos as we welcomed two more teenagers to the house and I watched the refrigerator go from full to empty in less than 36 hours.  … Continue reading Sometimes It’s Louder When the Door’s Closed

It’s been a while since I wrote a “Things Learned” post.  Most of these are no surprise, and certainly not “news,” but they recently became glaringly obvious again.School teachers get happier and happier as the school year draws to a close.  Conversely, parents’ faces seem to get longer.  I’ve been at the school a lot … Continue reading What I Learned Last Week – June 8

January 4, 2010New year!  Why is it that I can spend an uninterrupted hour washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen, but the very minute my ass hits the couch, the kids are climbing all over me?  At least Ava does.  She is relentless when she wants my attention, cuddling up to me on the couch … Continue reading Excerpt from Book Writing – 1st Installment

Regrettably, I’ve been a bit MIA lately. Even Facebook has seen less of my sarcasm. We’ve been busy working, cleaning up gutting the recently vacated apartment (which I decided required a whole new blog of its own)  and planning the renovation, completing renovations of our basement rec room, and making changes and deciding how to spend our … Continue reading The Very Merry Month of May

I’m about to reenter the magical, mystical world of cheerleading again.  I’m just a tiny bit apprehensive.  I was a cheerleader in high school, but that was in the stone ages before there were competitions, and flyers, and those f*$%&g bows.  Ava had cheered in second grade, part of a youth athletic league in our … Continue reading Let’s Get R-O-W-D-I-E