by Michelle | Jan 1, 2021 | About Me, Family, Holidays, Jim, Kids, Miscellaneous
As I sit here in my new house, surrounded by my family with the sounds of two slumbering dogs and Hozier playing on the speakers, I am of two minds about 2020. On the one hand, there is no doubt it was an unusual and sometimes difficult year. On the other hand, there...
by Michelle | Jul 7, 2020 | About Me, Family, Jim, Kids, Miscellaneous
It has been a few weeks since I last posted, and what a few weeks it has been. When last I posted, I mentioned that we were going to downsize. This meant getting our house ready for selling, which confirmed why we need to downsize. Between Holly and me, we went...
by Michelle | May 3, 2020 | About Me, Family, Sunday Reflections
If you have not noticed by the flurry of reviews I posted over the past month, I am still alive. Those reviews were my way of getting caught up with long-neglected items. I wrote the last outstanding review on Friday, which means I am feeling pretty good about myself....
by Michelle | Mar 19, 2020 | About Me, Family, Jim, Kids, Miscellaneous, Work
Folks, it’s been a week. Hell, it’s been a year. I started it out with every intention of being more present, more aware, and more careful about avoiding extraneous stress at work. I knew I did not want to live life like I had through most of 2019 and made...
by Michelle | Dec 31, 2018 | About Me, Blog Updates, Family, Miscellaneous
You would think that we would get used to the idea that time flies as you get older, but we never do. It takes my breath away at how quickly 2018 passed. It feels like it just began, yet here we are on the first Sunday in 2019. Crazy and scary and a great reminder to...
by Michelle | Dec 4, 2018 | About Me, Family, Holidays, Miscellaneous, Month in Review
November was not a great month for me. Sure, there were good parts about it, but the lasting impression I have is not a favorable one. I feel like the weather is to blame for a portion of this. Dreary and damp is not my favorite weather pattern. I would rather it...
