Rollergirl

Posted on January 31, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 9 Comments

December 24, 1982 Age 3 I got my very first pair of roller skates as a Christmas present from my Nanny and Grandpa Jim. They were the kind that you wear over your shoes — blue with white laces. When my Grandpa asked if I liked my present, I precociously shouted at him that “these [...]

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Top Five Friday: Currently

Posted on January 28, 2011 | Category: Top Five Friday | 7 Comments

Just a simple list of what I’ve been enjoying lately. 1. Currently reading: Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer I decided to read this book not with the intention of becoming a vegetarian — though, I realize that could change once I finish the book — but mostly out of plain curiosity. Like the author, [...]

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Learning curve

Posted on January 21, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 13 Comments

Juuust when you think you’ve got the hang of things, when you’ve gotten comfortable with the daily routines and rituals of parenthood, something happens that shakes your confidence so badly, it leaves you wondering if you’re even cut out for the job in the first place. I’m being overly dramatic, perhaps, but I’ve been thinking [...]

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Here it comes, a better version of me

Posted on January 16, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 17 Comments

Buried a few lines down in my list ‘o resolutions, I’ve endeavored to lose a few pounds this year. I set my goal at 25, but I am by no means married to that particular number. What I really want to happen is to again fit into my size 10 jeans. Over the last two [...]

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Pound your fist and cross it off your list

Posted on January 11, 2011 | Category: Uncategorized | 8 Comments

As last year came to a close, and everyone started posting their annual “This is what I did” recaps, I felt like because I didn’t blog nearly as much as I have in previous years that maybe I didn’t really do all that much last year. But, as I reviewed the list of goals I [...]

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