My Journey To Nomadic VanLife

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Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder

or so they say. Sometimes in the absence of something you realize you don’t need it, it was something (or someone) that added more stress to your life. Then there are the times when you realize your life is better in some way, big or …

Just Keep Swimming

Just keep swimming, just keep swimming, just keep swimming.. does this make you think of Dory in Finding Nemo? I “sang” this tune in my head a lot this past weekend. Why? Because, as a meet director, I have spent the last two days at …

As The World Turns

These 3 items have pretty much consumed my life the past week. I have been busier this February than I have of any February in my life. You see, February is the month our swim club hosts 2 high school district swim meets AND the …

R.I.P. Buster Brown Bear, 01/30/2013

Chows are mean dogs.. that’s what people say all the time. I heard it from grooming salons many times. Psh.. tell Buster that. Buster was a Sharpei/Chow mix.. and he was the biggest teddy bear I ever met. I originally got Buster when someone broke …

I Have WHAT? Oh, That Sounds About Right. :)

Much like the CHAOS (Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome) I suffer from on a regular basis, my daughter has now notified she found my root problem. According to my 19-year old (after all, teenagers know EVERYTHING, right?), I not only have depression, OCD, MMS (Mean …

How Desperate is Desperate?

Be forewarned:  this is a L O N G post…  but one I have to get out of my head and heart. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> How bad do things have to get before one cracks? You know you’re strong, but how strong can you be before you …

Allow More Time?

I have time settings on the computer for my kids and when their time is up, they log off. On occasion though, Dylan will be doing homework and needs more time to complete it. What then? A screen comes up asking for parental permission to …

How Are You Feeling, You Ask??

I have my default page on Internet Explorer set to Facebook. Yep, FB is the first thing I see in the morning when I log onto my desktop. And normally, I’m ok with that. This morning though, sitting in front of the computer, I felt Facebook …

Express Yourself!

I don’t know the name of the song, but I know that’s part of the lyrics. Or maybe it’s a jingle from a commercial. IDR..   but right now all I can think is, “if I really express myself, I’m going to jail or the psych …