Friday so the work day is almost done

I know next week at the day job it’s going to be busy. It’s what happens. Yet none of that takes away from that magical feelings that Friday brings. As children, we watched the clock extra carefully for that school bell to release us. In our twenties, we...

Adult Women Road Trip

As an adult woman, one of the best things we can still do is treat ourselves to short trips with just the girls. This means we leave the loved ones at home for a few hours and just go be ourselves. This weekend I’m so looking forward to going to a writer’s...

Dancing around the house

I 100% admit that my husband is a better dancer than me. I took dance classes for years, but I’m awkward. The dear husband can shake and move around. He’s not bound by American white boy shyness and stereotypes about dancing that I grew up around. So one...

Critiques, Bride and Family Coming for Dinner

At my birthday a few weeks ago, my brother and his new fiancee were awesome. I invited them to dinner. The bride invited me to see the wedding dress. Everything was great in planning and it all turned out to be the same day. The morning started with me going to a...

Friends are the best

Writing is not a sport. There is no team. It’s pretty solitary. Yet I would be nothing without my friends and my critique group. Others might get together to run, do something active, we bring our papers around and read our stuff. This might not sound thrilling...

Our baby will not be Jenny

We will not know the sex officially for a while so this is not a declaration. However I find it hilarious that my husband is campaigning to name the baby, if it is a girl, Jenny. My foreign born husband walks around quoting Forrest Gump and how we can start naming...