Well, we had #justoneword a few weeks ago, so it seemed like a good idea to have just one question this week. Of course, you already know I had more than a few words to say about #justoneword, so don’t think you’ll get off easy with just one question. You know me better than that. So here goes. How much { read more… }

{ Warning: This post is a little long, but I haven’t written in weeks, so I’m giving myself extra words. Please stick with me. It’s worth it. } For the past ten years, I have had a word for the year. Just one word. I don’t exactly remember how or why I started doing this, but in 2008, I did. { read more… }

I’m a list maker. I’m pretty sure I came out of the womb with a Post-It note stuck to my forehead and a planner in my right hand. It is my life. It actually turns out to be a good thing because the hot flashes that come at age 50 cause power surges in your brain resulting in the need for daily { read more… }

Y’all, I had my 50th birthday in August. I had a party, and it was the best ever. Well, actually, it was the first ever, too, so that makes it first and best! It had all the things I love: family, friends, balloons, and CUPCAKES! Plus I had precious friends who blessed me with the kindest words, live music(!!), the funniest { read more… }

I remember the day quite clearly. I walked out of the optometrist’s office with a pair of round lens tortoise-shell glasses and proudly pronounced, “Who knew trees had leaves?” I was being a bit facetious about the knowing part, but I wasn’t at all teasing about the being about to see them part. Having self-selected not to wear glasses for { read more… }

It was the fun size package, and this confuses me because I surely think the fun size should be much larger. But nonetheless, I sorted them by color. And lined them up. And then began eating them one color at a time, one M&M at a time. { Something like what you see in this picture. But I’m actually more OCD than { read more… }