A Relaxing Saturday Afternoon...well sort of....

Realize that I haven't posted anything new....I'm still trying to figure out which way I want to take this blog. Whether it's going to be (a) purely personal (b) something else (yeah...that narrows it down.


OK...personal stuff: work life crazy, home life chaotic, what else is new :)


Following news on Gulf oil spill almost obsessively. Have we as the human race finally screwed our planet permanently??? It's not like we can go rent a condo on the moon or something!! We have to live here -- and today the news reports that oil is showing up on the Florida panhandle and there are oil "plumes" under the water over 6 MILES wide! When does that little surprise pop up to the surface? Or does it just wreck havoc below that we can't see, but kills everything alive? What do we do now? How will my son's generation deal with all that has happened -- and his children after that?

It's all just too much.

Heading out soon for errands -- and to spend time with the family this weekend. Deep breath and a little prayer -- life goes on.

Mother's Day

As some of you know, I became a mom 4 and a half years ago -- and as some of you know, the fact that I am a mom is somewhat of a miracle.

The reasons I believed I could not have children are about as long as my arm. The number of doctors that told me that I should consider adoption rather than try to become pregnant was almost as long. And yet, in the fall of 2005 -- my son was born.

It seems like yesterday I took home a little tiny baby boy, with strawberry blonde hair and startling blue eyes. So precious, so small, such an unexpected gift from God.

Now in the spring of 2010 -- that tiny baby is becoming a little man. OK -- at 45 inches tall, maybe not so "little". He's funny. He can pronounce names of dinosaurs I can't even spell. He is a budding little cook. He throws tantrums. He skins his knee and tearfully shouts "I'm Oooh-Kaaaaay!" His intense blue eyes look closely at books, at bugs, and me -- wondering how the world works. Already he asks questions I have no clue how to answer!

He starts kindergarden this year. Where the hell did the time go?

Kiddo -- I can only hope to be half the mommy you think I am :)

Happy Mother's Day

First Post

As if I don't waste enough time in front of my computer...I'm starting a blog.

There will be times that Twitter's 140 characters or less just won't cut it -- and times when Facebook just ticks me off.

So here I am :)

Beware -- for those who know me in real life -- there will probably be posts here that will amaze or shock you. You've been warned.