Posts under ‘me’

Crazy Crazy Day

Yes, it was a crazy, crazy day. That is all …

All of my girls home for the weekend

To some families this may seem a rarity, but it is only new to me this year – the year my eldest daughter (of 4) went away to college. She isn’t too far away – only about 45 minutes to an hour, but she isn’t here, under the same roof, day in and day out [...]

The Keyboard or the Pen

When you are writing, do you prefer to use a pen or a computer? While I do love writing with a pen – at times – I prefer to write at the keyboard. The main reason? I’m a fairly fast typer and I am more likely to come closer to keeping up with my brain. [...]

NaBloPoMo 2011 my first year

Like many others I’ve decided to use NaBloBoMo to get me back into blogging more regularly. I keep feeling the call back to it, dang life just keeps getting in the way. So I will use this opportunity to be held accountable to my plan and to meet more people along the way. Today was [...]

Happy August 2009

Well, we survived Blogathon 2009! Thank you again to all that donated! July was beautiful temperature-wise, but WET!!!! Now that August is here, the Midwest/Top-of-the-South summer has returned. Hot and humid days, with foggy, sultry nights that don’t dip below the 70′s much. We had a pretty bad thunderstorm last week that blew our porch [...]

Quick check-in

Yesterday’s goals for today: Set pole for mailboxes in concrete Plant some more in the garden some Go for a walk Dock lamb #3’s tail Work for a few hours Spin – if only for a little while One thing was done, at least partially. We planted 4 more hills of zucchini squash, to go [...]

Happy 6th Blogiversary to me!

“My first entry, 6 years ago.”:http://starzabove.com/articles/my-first-entry

Mystery Decisions and My Blogiversary is Coming Soon

Well, we have more mysterious decision-making going on. I think we’ve made the decision, now we are just waiting for everything to be finalized. Once it is, I’ll spill the beans. I’ve been feeling a cross of scared/excited and I am working really hard at focusing on the positives, now that we’ve worked through most [...]

Multi-tasking is relaxing – to me

I was sitting here earlier and all at the same time I was: * Knitting * Playing on-screen UNO * Listening to a podcast And I was relaxing.

I need to runaway

Donations are now being accepted for the Mom-who-needs-to- getaway-before-she – loses-her-#@*% campaign. Is there such a thing? Well there should be!