Learning New Steps | Teaching my teen to drive
It’s no secret that humor is my sedative of choice for the anxiety that comes with raising a teen. This is where my design, Road Tested is rooted: laughing at the twisted world you drive...
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Pushing pause on Summer | My August Bucket List
It’s August. The back to school supplies have been bought, I see a few leaving already dropping from the trees in my backyard and the Pumpkin pins have already popped into my Pinterest feed. There’s...
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Lost and Found | the Backstory
I’m a the type of person that is pretty easy to read. Pretty much because I leave a trail of emotional breadcrumbs all over my art boards and will pretty much spill out my heart...
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16 summers
Around here, life has been a mix of anxious mountain climbing and helpless free falls. It all started in September, when my older son began the college application process. The months marched on and the...
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I Made Green
Last Saturday, I was fried. Lots of projects were finally put to bed but I had a long list of boring business tasks to do and a house that was showing the wear of two...
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How you play the game….
I get it. After more than 4 decades on this earth as a type A competitive kinda- gal, I have finally embraced that it really isn’t whether you win or lose the game… Sometimes just your effort...
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no and yes.
We are fully settled into the lazy days of summer here- and I really love it. I love that the schedule is loose enough that laundry can wait a day or two and my calendar...
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Revenge of the Nerd
Reality check. My two boys are, without a doubt, two of the very best things in my life. They make me smile, they make me proud, and they make me so very happy… but truth...
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my daily dose of guilt….
So….I got behind on the laundry. It usually happens when hubby decides he’s going to “help”. The laundry sits in the dryer and is so hopelessly wrinkled, I opt for washing it again instead of...
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you know summer is coming when….
Around my place, you know summer is coming when the Saturday morning air is green and bright with the smell of fresh cut grass; when new jars of bubbles find there way into my shopping...
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One for the books-
It’s no secret that I try to capture the everyday stories and moments of my day in my scrapbooking. These are the pages I really enjoy looking back on- as opposed to the “big day”...
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