✨ Keep Your Word (Especially to Yourself)

The day completely slipped away from me. The past few days have been filled with organizing and cleaning, and this evening, I finally sat down to check emails and do a little editing. But as so often happens, I got distracted… then had an appointment… and then—CRAP! I realized I hadn’t written today’s blog post. […]

From Oops to Awareness: A Blog (and Body) Reset 🤪

Have you ever written something, typed it out, and halfway done — then accidentally deleted it? I did. Last night. I had started writing today’s blog post and was on a roll. Then I needed to get up to take care of the dogs. Nothing unusual about that. Even in a sleepy fog (yes, I […]

Looking Back, Living Forward!🦋

What Would Your Younger You Think of You Now? The other night, I was watching a show where the four main female characters looked back at their teenage selves and how they had handled a situation. Their adult selves were dealing with a similar experience, which brought about the remembrance scene. They came to realize […]

When the Song Won’t Quit—Let It Move You!🎶🎧🎵

This morning, I woke up with a song in my head—and it stuck with me the whole day. The song? Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran. What I usually do when this happens is play the song on repeat until I don’t want to hear it anymore. So, I popped on my headphones, planning to listen […]

Welcoming Summer from the Shade

New Month, New Season… Happy Sunday! Well, by the time I finish writing and publish this, most of you will be reading it on Monday—so, happy Monday too. 😊 This month marks the start of summer—the official date is around the 20th. Personally, I’m not much of a summer person. Being a redhead, the sun […]

The Accidental Reconnect

Long-lost friends and family. I say long-lost, but really, it’s more like we only chat every so many years. The last time I spoke to or saw my cousin, his kids were in early elementary school at his sister’s wedding. Now they’re in high school—and his oldest just went to her prom. WOW! We’ve liked […]

VA Visit, Early Mornings, and Productivity!

Today has an overcast look, and it’s been rainy most of the morning. Surprisingly, it has been a productive day. Starting off with getting a little over 8 hours of sleep (which is rare). Not going to say it was solid sleep— I did get up twice to visit a certain room, but I was […]

Exhausted, Inspired — and Needing to Apologize!

This weekend is finally over! I feel like I talked more these past few days than I have in the past month combined. As the spokesperson for four contests, I had fun — and I talked a whole, whole lot — not only during the contests but also before and after each one, and late […]