Real Women, Swimming Upstream
Ever have something come up and you didn't realize how badly you needed it until it did? Yeah, that happened. Glamping wasn't part of the plan. Actually it was, but Covid-19 wasn't... I mean, glamping during Covid wasn't. Let me back up. I booked a camping trip as a Christmas present as a way of [...]
There's no question those of us with young ones are getting the squeeze right now. I’ve chatted with many friends, neighbors and family members and there is no envy for being locked up with terrorists… I mean toddlers. At least older kids are generally able to self-entertain as long as WiFi exists but not these [...]
So stocked up on Zen Time that you're about to gag? Sick of hearing about yoga, quality time and left with Tiger King as your most exciting new adventure? Here are some ideas of fun ways to redirect your energy that actually manifest in a better version of you. Have an abandoned instrument lying around? [...]
Source Unknown I’m not sold on the work hard, play hard mentality with a double shot of sharing everything with your 1,000 closest friends. In my candid opinion that sounds like hard x hard with a side order of external validation. When, where and how do we learn the softer side of Self Care and [...]
Source As I sit in my living room overseeing my children’s speech therapy session while holding a chicken I wonder, when did I completely lose it? Was there a gradual loss of with-it-ness or was it more of an abrupt leap off the deep end? I’ve become a crazy chicken lady. Watering the garden, holding [...]
Source I never thought of myself as a creative person. I studied business. I am practical, efficient, organized, a creative problem-solver. I am a planner and an executor, even a motivator. I am a get-it-done and do-it-well girl. I can assess how tight of a ship you are running, identify comprehensive points of failure, architect [...]
Sandy nose, toes, souls. Naked bums, tums, smiling gums. La dolce vita. Source
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