Boss Lady

The last twenty-four hours have been nerve wracking.  After being the "boss lady" for two months, I was offered a chance to run back to the security of a steady paycheck.  Did I want that?  That's a big NO.  Did I seriously consider it?  Yes, I did.  Why, you ask?  Because humans crave security.  People …

Sometimes I Think God Hates Me

You're going to scoff and rush to reassure me, I'm sure.  But don't panic, I know He doesn't.  I do.  But some days, like today, when it feels like the world is conspiring against me, that thought enters my mind.  I feel the overwhelming need to run...somewhere.  To just have one hour of peace in …

The Scoop

It's been a weird few months at my house, centering around a major life decision.  Mid-December I left my job where I had been since 2010.  It was a hard decision to make.  Scary, to say the least.  I've worked for someone else since I first started working and there's a comfort in letting someone …

Memories of Grandma

Today we celebrate my grandma. It seems unreal that a woman I thought was too stubborn to let herself die, did. The last few years grandma was often a hard woman to love. Her body had betrayed her and that made her bitter and often mean to the ones who loved her most. And the …

Doing It Scared

I bet you thought I fell off the planet, didn't you? Nope, just super busy and super uninspired. I've read A LOT of books, because that's my escape from reality for a few minutes (or hours). With books you can focus on the words and the pictures in your head and let everything else go …

Tolerance

I'm opinionated person. I know you are all shocked. I have a lot of feelings about a lot of issues. If you ask me what I think, I'll gladly tell you. Will I try to do it in a way that doesn't offend you? Yeah, probably. Unless I don't like you anyway and then I'm …

Booking It

I love to write.  I don't know what it is about it exactly.  I think I feel like I can communicate better that way.  More successfully, I guess I should say.  I'm much easier to understand on paper.  I can edit and re-edit until I convey the message I want the way I see or …

Impulsivity

Until two days ago, I didn't even know this was a real word, much less that I was experiencing it daily. Impulsivity is how they describe the symptom of struggling with impulse control. It's almost a disconnect between the part of the brain that tells you to do something and the part of the brain …

Hands On

There's something to be said for a man who can actually do stuff. (Yes, I understand women can also do things and take care of themselves, as I most definitely can, but that's not the point here.) The point is men have changed. How many of you have a man in your life who can …

The Jeep Wave

I've been an official Jeep owner for a couple of years now. My husband buys and trades vehicles continually, so we owned Jeeps over the years, but they were mainly trail toys or just something rough to run around the farm. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would get on the Jeep …

Small Town Heroes

I grew up within 10 minutes of two different hospitals. An ambulance with EMTs was never more than a few minutes from anywhere in town. Until I married a small town boy and moved to the best place ever, I never really thought about emergency health care in small communities. I know there were volunteer …

Live A Little

Ever come across a phrase and feel it "click" in your head?  That was me yesterday.  Pinterest, a better stalker than Facebook ever thought about being, is really spooky sometimes.  I mean, it totally gets me.  I saw the phrase "Live A Little" in my feed yesterday and thought "That's it.  That's my what I …

Pregnancy Done The Hard Way

Can I be honest?  Sometimes I really resent how I became pregnant.  Most everyone knows by now that I had In Vitro Fertilization (IVF).  And while that process ran so smoothly it was spooky, which I now realize after trying again not so smoothly, and I have a perfect Kindergartener to show for it, it …

Team Goal: Be Happy

It's amazing how one day you can wake up and realize that you are wasting your life doing things that make don't you happy.  Or in our case, more like we are continually putting off "life" for when we have more time, money, etc.  I don't know what flipped our switch, but the past couple …

Death Threats

I'm not sure what the appropriate response is to your five-year-old screaming he's going to kill you in the middle of a crowded Mexican restaurant on a Friday night.  Pretty sure I nailed it by not having a hysterical, cussing fit when people gasped and turned around to see what was going on.  I mean …

Balance

It's been a rough week for me. Tuck started back to school the same day I started something new at work. That made for an awesome Monday that carried into the rest of the week. We got more bad news at the dentist for Tuck, which sent me into a shame spiral to say the …

Give Thanks

I'm cleaning my house, really cleaning it, for the first time in a while. It has literally taken me two complete days to get it under control. I may never walk right again. While removing Thanksgiving stickers from my window (what month is it again?), I came across a "Give Thanks" sticker that I've decided …

Crafty Kate

I've said it before and I'll say it again: the most surprising thing to come out of my Journey is this whole "arts & crafts" side of me. Granted, when I was younger I loved making things. But hello, that was 25 years ago at best. A lot has changed since then. Mainly I grew …

Resolve to Evolve

I'm not a big resolution person. Mainly because I know myself well enough to know I won't follow through if I don't want to, regardless of what I decide at the new year. However, the past few weeks I've thought about the new year a lot. Maybe it's because I will turn 40 and I'm …

Thank A Veteran Today

Today is one of those holidays when you can totally make someone else's day. It always amazes me how much going up to someone and thanking them for their service surprises them. My dad served in the army long before I was a twinkle in his eye and I think that's part of my appreciation. …

The Book of Faces

I have a love/hate relationship with Facebook.  I'd hazard to guess that most people do. 

Kids, am I right?

Ever look at your little one and feel that flush of pride? That feeling that you have the greatest kid ever? I do. Sometimes it just comes over me that he is so special and we are so lucky he is ours. Now, ever look at them and think how did we get here? Did …

The Best Part of My Journey

Tomorrow is the thirteenth anniversary of one of the best days of my life. On that day, I married the man God created just for me. It was a gorgeous day like today and we were stupid happy. Sounds sappy, right? Especially from me. But it is the truth. In all the times I have …

The Best Laid Plans

Ever build something up so much in your mind that when it doesn't go according to plan, you ride the struggle bus for a week trying to regain your equilibrium? No? Well, bully for you. I am on the bus. Asleep. This past month or so has been increasingly stressful. At work. At home. In …

Speed Bump

I'm competitive. It's one of those things I seem too lazy to be, but there it is. I'm not an athlete, that's for sure. But I love a challenge. I love being told I can't and then shoving it back in your face later. I mean I don't shove it, I let the success do …