My very first apartment in Everett, WA had high walls and seriously thick moulding. I purchased strand after strand (after strand) of red christmas lights and ran them up and down one wall in the main room. I would plug them in and the entire room would be soaked in red light. It was my [...]

so, Jack is different everyday, as any relationship/person is. Still so cluttered. Still so much to do. Thank goodness he makes me stop everything and pay attention to him or I might be missing who he is right now.

I love this time of year. I am so thankful for my life and all of the people in it. My family is amazing- they have made me who I am and continue to support and inspire me. I get to do the things that I love for a living- and wear flip flops and [...]

I make costumes. I am used to spending the month of October in my pajamas night and day, eating hot pockets when I remember to eat, and watching too much daytime tv and I sew and sew and sew. This year I have a little helper, Mr. Jack. Trying to stay on track with what [...]

10. visiting ninety nine nuns singing in an Indiana nunery. 9. enjoying the cooler weather in Pensacola, FL. 8. working a 9 to 5 job selling newspaper ads. 7. watching every episode, in order, of Friends. 6. winning the shrimp eating contest at the Pensacola Seafood Festival. 5. making Halloween costumes for Garth, Jack, and [...]

It has only happened a few times this summer- the oppressive heat lifting for an afternoon walk. Yesterday it rained all morning and although it was still humid, the air was slightly cool in the afternoon. Jack and I took advantage of it by going for a walk. We live in an amazing neighborhood just [...]

Laura from Pensacola, Florida shared: I vividly remember leaving class a little early to help the lunch ladies out because they would offer a free lunch to those students who did and I always forgot to ask my parents for lunch money. I would be stationed by the exit of the cafeteria, wearing an apron [...]

It’s time. Mr Jack has been watching us intently when we eat and he’s old enough to hold a spoon- so we’ve decided that he should be trying solid foods. About a month ago we sat him down, bibbed him up and got the camcorder rolling- and he just mushed everything around in his mouth, [...]

The art of living does not consist in preserving and clinging to a particular mood of happiness, but in allowing happiness to change its form without being disappointed by the change; for happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up. Charles Langbridge Morgan Change is often hard on me. It’s not that I [...]

I’ve just taken a shower to cleam myself from the grime of today: One layer of sweat from the battle reenactment in downtown Pensacola this morning, and another for visiting Pensacola Naval Air Station to check out a European car show (by accident) and a motorcycle safety fair. I also got a little crispy and [...]