A Girl in the Real World

I bet y'all thought I had won the lottery and ran away to start my life of luxury. Sadly, no. Far from it, in fact. I've been v...

Day 10. I never thought blogging would... When I started keeping an online journal (that's what we called it before blogging was even...

5. Your Fall Bucket List Prompts like these make it a little more difficult to stick to my ABC theme. How do you make a list when you are...

On Monday, my sister called to check on me. "I went to your blog to see what you've been up to and there wasn't anything new...

You ever have those days when NOTHING works? I mean, not a damn thing?! Today was that day. Pinned onto the end of a long, stressful week...

I've been thinking a lot about a particular moment in my life. It happened several months ago but for some reason has been on my mind l...

Sadness is almost never anything but a form of fatigue.  ~Andre Gide I'm tired, y'all. Stressed.   Work is eating me alive...

Life seems to be a lot of hurry up and wait. I try to be thankful for my blessed life. I AM blessed. And I AM happy. But sometimes I wond...

I haven't had much to talk about lately. Things are going on, but the minute I start thinking "I'm going to blog about this...

  Ok..ok..I might have PMS.   Pass the carbs.

I feel very jaded right now. As if the world is one large planet of 'who gives a fuck'.  A friend of mine {I guess I could call h...

Dear Mothers I understand that this letter might sound like I'm wagging my finger at y'all. I do not want to make anyone feel bad...

1. 2. I'm not trying to say that my marriage is perfect, we have our issues, but one thing we always avoid doing is being rude...

I want to make a change. But I'm too afraid I'll learn that the grass isn't so green on the other side. Which makes me afrai...

Do you ever wake up and feel like you are living the same day over again? I don't mean deja vu. In my mind I can see where I want to...

~ Anyone have any meditation techniques? Because this girl has GOT to learn to relax. It may be PMS too. I have a serious ebb and flow of em...

I'd like to think that being selfish is just in everyone's nature. But I know people, people that give all the time..people that rar...

On days like today I'm glad that we don't have children. Because on days like today I have a strong urge to get in my car and sta...

Today was a gray day. No pretty white fluffy clouds against a sky of blue for me.  Nope, just a wall of gray in the sky. Not so good for...