Yes With Joy

I thought snuggling on the couch, in front of the fireplace, doing homework with my teenage son was something of the past, but I was wrong…thankfully. It was a golden moment brought to us over a hard road. You see, I had had to step up to the plate and be a tough parent who ruined my son’s high school life, maybe even his whole life.

Being a typical teenager…in fact being human…he made a mistake. (No I’m not going to tell you what it was.) We discussed it. I let it roll around in my head for 24 hours. And then I delivered the verdict, which included me talking to the parents of the other boys involved. It was this last part that “ruined” his high school life. Read the rest of this entry »

Ladies’ Night In was last night. Each month, I invite a few female friends to get together and chat at my home. In October, we had a bonfire. November was busy and I was out of town more than I was in (or so it seemed), so we skipped November. December’s Ladies’ Night In was a bust. Only two people could come. But as the date neared, we decided to go to downtown Chicago and ended up with five of us. Two friends from downtown could now join us. We had a great time, but at 11:45 I was yawning and had to call it quits. It was still an hour before I got home and slipped into bed. Read the rest of this entry »

It seems that as soon as I took the pictures for this website, I decided to grow my hair. It grew longer and longer until having it in a long swinging ponytail was the preferred style. I thought I liked it, but a part of me was thinking otherwise. So, for almost three years I’ve been debating the whole haircut issue.

It’s not like it was a major issue, but the indecision was Read the rest of this entry »