This week both kids are home before starting their new grades. Fully expecting not to get much work done, I’ve decided to declare a mini-vacation! We are going to stay up late, have a “camp out” or two in the back yard, watch movies, swim and do a whole bunch of nothing. I’m planning on [...]
Ozzie’s last day of first grade is today, he gets about a week off before starting the new school year. And Ivy will start kindergarten!!
Yesterday Ozzie’s class had a performance for all the parents, something he has been really apprehensive about since it required him to dance with a girl. Unfortunatley it all was a [...]
My cousin Brandon & his wife Angela (who just so happens to be a kick ass gal and a good friend of mine…) have spent the past 4 years dealing with every parents worst nightmare… a sick child. It’s been a rough journey, and they have reached the point that there are no more treatment [...]
It came to my attention this weekend that my house is dirty. Really, dirty.
I am great at tidying up. Put away the clutter, do the dishes, vacuum & wipe down type tidying. Real, elbow-grease fueled cleaning? Not so much. And then I wonder why I feel like my house is gross all the time.
I’m ashamed [...]
Last night was the George Michael concert at HP Pavilion in San Jose. In a word? PHENOMENAL. He is such a great performer… charismatic, charming and his voice… Oh my. Perfection.
He thanked the crowd for being George Michael fans and promised to make this show worth the 17 year wait. And it was! Every bit [...]
Yesterday, I had an unequivocally good day. Several times throughout the day I caught myself grinning, feeling just really… happy. Peaceful.
It’s not as if anything extraordinary was going on. I ran some errands. Cleaned the house. Gave my hens to a loving country home. Visited friends. Went grocery shopping. Still, I just felt really good.
Then, [...]
I am just about finished on a redesign for my business site: Valerie’s Virtual Services. I still have some cleanup to do, among other things, but its taking shape! What do you think?
Happy Father’s Day! (Late. I’m always late.)
We had a busy weekend and for some reason both Jason and I were unusually tired. I’m pretty convinced its African Sleeping Sickness. Ya know, because I’m often in African villages, just kickin around. Chilling with some tsetse flies. Ok, maybe not.
Saturday we went over to Jason’s mom’s house [...]
“i’m lusting over someone i would never date”
huh?
I’ve spent the last week working on a redesign of my business website. It’s coming together but I am in dire need of a day away from the computer. Plus, I have this insatiable urge to redecorate. And it just so happens that the kiddo’s room needs some style in a major way. A four [...]
