These little voyeurs were watching us through the back window the other morning or maybe it was the other way around. I wish I made more time for Betsy (my camera).

Right now I cannot stop from covering my nose with my hand and taking a deep whiff kind of like a sad imitation of Mary Katherine Gallagher after she pulls her hands from her armpits.  I’ve been organizing some of my things that have been cluttering up my closet floor due to the lack of storage in the new bathroom/closet area. I’ve put it off for a couple months and today I finally got sick of crushing items each time I pick my wardrobe. While milling through these things and …

What a total and complete day of sloth. It is 10:30pm and I’m about to get out of my PJs and shower only to put on a clean pair of PJs. Wow. I basically read and watched TV all day. The bigs are gone with the other parents this weekend. Jack and I did a few dances and made some projects in-between – he loves projects. A typical Jack project is usually a piece of construction paper (choose one of the 7 standard issue – today was red) cut into …

Short story derived from the photo below.
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Detective John Raven pulled his rental car up to the massive gates of the Sutton estate and felt a pain in the pit of his stomach that screamed you never should have come here. He was out of his league and he should have made the Carson County Sheriff’s department deal with this and been done with it. The entire property was surrounded by 10-foot high stone walls and the gates in front of him were even taller. Every inch was covered in a …

I currently suffer from pill guilt and the only cure is facing reality. About 6 weeks ago, I started my son on a medication for ADHD called Vyvanse. It was a troubling verdict for me, since I have been judging and whispering under my breath about parents who do this for years. It’s true. I have friends and family members that I have thought negatively about for putting their kids on meds. The statement I have used most is that I think it is lame when parents medicate their kids …