real life

  • So I Guess I’ve Meal Planned ๐Ÿ˜‚

    Friday was my day off from AutoZone, and I had plans. Not exciting plans, mind you. The kind involving laundry, couch covers, a little business work, and hopefully enough coffee to keep everything moving in the right direction. I’d been sneezing for what felt like forever, so I opened the windows to air out the…

  • Sometimes the Win Is Noticing What Moved Forward

    I had plans for Friday. Now, if youโ€™ve been around my kitchen table very long, you probably already know thatโ€™s usually the beginning of a story. ๐Ÿ˜‚ Friday was supposed to include getting my Scout Stash email out. Nothing complicated. Just one of those things sitting on the list that I fully intended to handle…

  • Not Everything Gets to Decide What Happens Next

    Some weeks are loud. Not necessarily bad. Not necessarily dramatic. Just… loud. Everything seems to walk through the door at the same time hollering, โ€œME FIRST!โ€ That was my week. At work, I had schedules and hours that needed mathing. And yโ€™all know how I feel about math that insists I have twelve hours to…

  • Ready Doesn’t Have to Mean Everything Got Done

    I am writing this Saturday night with bags mostly packed, an ice chest staged, the furry children’s travel arrangements handled, coffee and road snacks accounted for, and Bubba cooking supper. Notice I said mostly packed. There are still things that could be done tonight. There are probably things I will remember tomorrow morning after we’re…

  • One More Chair at the Table

    There are weeks that feel like one long story. And then there are weeks like this one. The kind where nothing seems connected until you sit down long enough to look back. This week had a little bit of everything. One morning, I was laughing because somebody on Facebook thought I’d skipped work. The funny…

  • So I Guess I’ve Meal Planned ๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Sometimes the Win Is Noticing What Moved Forward

  • Not Everything Gets to Decide What Happens Next

  • Ready Doesn’t Have to Mean Everything Got Done

  • One More Chair at the Table

  • So I Guess I’ve Meal Planned ๐Ÿ˜‚

  • Sometimes the Win Is Noticing What Moved Forward

  • Not Everything Gets to Decide What Happens Next

  • Ready Doesn’t Have to Mean Everything Got Done

  • One More Chair at the Table