Category: Adventures & Exploring

  • What, Me?

    Are you superstitious? My first thought was obviously the quote from “The Office” when Steve Carrel’s character, Michael Scott is asked this same question. My Dad’s family were country people, from rural Southeast Missouri and Northern Arkansas. The people in this part of the country are hard working people, but there are something’s you just…

  • Learning

    What is the last thing you learned? A hard lesson. Actually asking for help. Taking help when offered. Why is it so hard? Especially when it’s help from your kiddos. Even if the help is offered out of love. It doesn’t mean you failed or were stupid. They offered because they love you.

  • Last Week Was My Birthday – Again

    Last Week Was My Birthday – Again

    I have also learned the hard way that I should not try to cowboy through and wind up in a pickle, but asking for help when needed. ​Being an “Elder Gen X” and the oldest child/oldest daughter, I was in charge by default. Being the oldest, you learn if you and your sibling are told…

  • Unexpected Beauty& Surprises

    Unexpected Beauty& Surprises

    I love quirky, unexpected surprises, you know like when you decide to go left instead of right to take the long way home (planting a Supertramp earworm there) and are rewarded with something that makes you pull over just to take it in. That happened to me yesterday. See, working from home is great, but…

  • Family Vacation – Non Griswold Style

    We chose roadtrip for our travel. Although our trek west did not involve a Conestoga wagon we did travel in a Subaru.