Well, so far the experiment is working, but not in the way that I thought it might.  Fortunately, I’m not sure that is a bad thing.  I found out….ta-da! …. that my schedule doesn’t work unless I work with it,…

I look back at the past week and its honestly a blur.  I remember feeling really awesome and I also remember feeling pretty crappy.  Yes, the ups and downs of life.  But that’s not really my point.  It’s that a…

We all have ups and downs.  Sometimes I think that I have more than most not ups or downs, but the length of time between the wave crests is far too short, at least for me. Yesterday was one of…

I can’t believe that it’s Sunday evening already.  The weekend has seemed to come and go before I’ve even realized that it was here.  So, I’m very thankful for an extra day off tomorrow!! This weekend has been about creating…

So here’s the scoop.  Hawaii was cool!  Hawaii was awesome!  And still, I approached it with subdued pleasure and was very reserved,  unnoticeably jubilant.  So was I really? Probably a month before the trip initiated, one of my colleagues offered…

Inside, just a shallow breathe below the surface My gut churns. Foam on a beach that’s boiled over, and stuck. I cannot release it and let it flow Because I know that I have staked myself And I cannot break…

I just got back from a business trip to Hawaii.  Yes, I’ve heard more than a few comments about how lucky I am and what I great job that I have.  I have to admit, it is a very beautiful…

I usually approach New Year’s Eve hoping to have something to do, somewhere to go, friends to be around.  When my children were younger, New Year’s Eves were spent with my family, trying to carry on the traditions that I remembered from my…

Two days before Christmas, I was running around, making lists, making more lists, checking things off, revising my lists, and honestly, exhausting myself. On Christmas Eve, the pattern was the same.  Make the list. Run to the store.  Revise the list.…

Hi, I’m Barb. It is often said that third time’s the charm.  Personally, I hope so.  This is the third time that I’ve started to blog.  I’ve been pleased with some of the things that I’ve written and the few…