A Mom with a crazy idea or two...

I started reading Running With a Police Escort, which I’ve really enjoyed so far. It is also the end of week 3 of my restarted C25K. I don’t know that it’s making me any faster. In fact the only thing that I can think of that’s made me faster is longer distance. Maybe that’s the key. First I think I need to get my knee checked on though and make sure there’s nothing wrong with it that some…

I am currently in week 3 of C25K. This sounds kind of silly to me because I can easily run a 5k. What I’m actually trying to do is see if I can increase my pace any using the program. And then I went and downloaded the marathon version by the same company because goals. So far I’ve earned 2 of my virtual medals though Potterhead Running Club which is part of Random Tuesday (which you should check…

Do something! (Or strokes and Luke Perry)

Seeing that Luke Perry died after having a stroke was an enormously sad thing for me. I remember when Beverly Hills, 90210 first aired. It was a frequent subject at the lunch table. In the wake of his stroke, I’ve seen tons of posts from people who are posting similar things including (sources excluded to protect the innocent):

“Tragic! Strokes can happen to anyone!”

“OMG! You never know who will…

School slows down the writing…

So, the past couple of weeks I’ve been trying to sit down and blog but I also had a paper that I had to write for school. It kind of took over everything with editing and all that good stuff. The good news is that I turned that paper in today so hopefully, I’ll have a little time for blogging now. There’s a couple of weeks before my next class starts. I really need some time to get a bunch of…

I have been overwhelmed recently with people talking about their “OCD” or how they have “such bad anxiety” and I have had to refrain from screaming. The current attitude around mental health is both good and bad because it seems like anxiety is the new IT thing. Everyone has it. That presentation at work making you nervous. It’s ok, you have anxiety. You question if your life is on the right…

It’s not about smart

So for a long time, I have heard the same thing over and over. It can be in reference to so many things and yet it seems such a useless thing to say. People love to say it to me when I talk about how I find something frustrating or difficult. I have heard it since I was very small and I have grown to hate the phrase with a passion, even though I know those people saying it mean it in a good way.…

So I just finished reading Paper Towns by John Green. I have recently started reading his books after having read his brother’s book. Which sounds horrible because I’ve known about these books for awhile and for some reason I never started to read them. I should have or at least this one.

I have fallen in love with this book. If you’ve not read it, I won’t give away the plot but there are two…

So, I made positive forward steps today on the soap making business. I have written out several spreadsheets to keep track of costs of things and I calculated bars of soap from raw materials as an estimate to think about prices. I’m happy with the progress. Hopefully I’ll have an Etsy shop up and going by May. I’m trying to make sure I have all my ducks in a row, so to speak.

I haven’t had a…

I have been writing fan fiction since I fist discovered it back in 2003. It is only more recently that I’ve been working toward writing original things. I’ve discovered that the hardest part of writing (for me, anyway) is taking the characters out of my head and put them onto paper. It’s much easier to write if I don’t have to think about when and how to describe the people I can see so vividly…

So, over the past two years or so, I have been working on creating a minimal wardrobe. That adventure has yielded some changes as I have shifted through nursing school and then into working but I think that I’m coming to a place where I have a solid starting point.

So, currently, I have three pairs of sneakers, one pair of converse, two pairs of heels, a pair of flip flops and a pair of sperry…

So, I already have a reading list started for the new year. I am starting two for January and we’ll see how the rest of the year goes.

1. Crown of Midnight by Sarah Maas

2. Paper Towns by John Green

3. Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

4. The Four Agreements

5. Reread the beginning and finish A Clash of Crowns

6. The Hate You Give

7. Norse Mythology

8. Ready Player One

That’s just to start. I don’t…

A year of journaling

I spent this year working on my bullet journal and then moving into a Happy Planner. Both methods of planning work for me but I decided that I don’t like the idea of writing each day out individually and I don’t like the idea of doing a weekly spread four times a week. But I really like the way my bullet journal turned into a scrapbook of sorts. So I compromised.

In a few weeks, with the new…

504 Plans and your ADHD child

I’ve referenced my daughter’s 504 plan before on the blog and it’s possible that some of you don’t know what that is. As with any child who has problem in the classroom, there are ways to make sure that accommodations are made. The goal is to help the child be successful. Lots of people know that IEP (Individualized Education Plans) are available and they can sometimes cover ADHD under the…

Why I run (it’s #somuchgood)

So, let’s do story time because it’s a good time for that. Before I get into story time though, Happy Hannukah! Now… story time.

Once upon a time, I was an overweight kid. I was not terribly coordinated and I was very good at school. I was the last kid that got picked for any team in gym class (with good reason, I will add. I wouldn’t have wanted me either, honestly). The fitness tests that we…

ADHD and food (or how to get your kid to eat)

So stimulant medications can do a great deal to help people who have ADHD, allowing the brain to work the way it should or at least a closer approximation to neurotypical. Unfortunately, there are side effects. Aren’t there always? *sigh* One of the most common, especially in children, is loss of appetite. Most adults I know are quick to respond how great that would be. And yeah, that might be…

What I’ve learned from minimizing

So it’s been awhile since I talked in death about my minimalist adventure. Part of that is because the bulk of it is done and there isn’t as much to talk about. The other part is that I’ve been reflecting on where I want to be with my minimalism. At what point is it enough? How much do I still need/want to pare down? And probably most importantly, how much is spending too much or have I really…

I have been trying to get my lazy butt back onto a schedule, where I actually exercise. I’ve found that I really need to schedule the time because even though I feel like I have lots of it, if I don’t schedule the time it somehow slips away. This is something I’m still working on. At any rate, I have picked a race because if anything will motivate me, it’s the fact that I dropped some change on a…