Living with my husband is like living with an exceedingly clean, smart owl. It’s good to have a tidy animal around the house. We’ve been married three years and that hasn’t changed. A friend who married for love around the same time tells me she’s developed a visceral aversion to...
Between activities, spending time at the lake and God knows what else, I feel like we blinked and summer was over. The title of this blog is a slightly over-dramatic since Q hasn’t actually “left”. He is in his first year of Pre-K. But the day I walked him into school and ...
But when it comes to things like public policy, especially when it comes to things like sexual orientation, I recognize that there is a significant burden on those who seek to limit personal freedoms which derive from our fundamental preferences and desires. Religion is a devastating vehicle for ...
Potty Training a Dog – Solving Pee Problems There are a variety of methods to accomplish the task of potty training a dog. Food & Beverage Scallops – Sea, Pink and Bay Scallop Information The scallop, a member of the mollusk family, is a popular seafood choice for those ...
new veterinarian in Oak Hollow, the typical small town where everything is known and gossiped. She’s about to achieve her dream of owning her own clinic and wildlife rescue, but she needs her trust fund to reach her goal. Only there’s a problem: in order to have access to the money...
But I spend a lot of time, especially when things are tricky, feeling like I am doing her a grave disservice by being her primary source of guidance. (My husband is a wonderful father to whom parenting seems to come much more naturally/with less anxiety; he is just, by nature of his...
Our kitchen became a skating rink. As I slip/slid my way to clean floors 40 minutes later (it turns out that soap, when applied like a frosting rather than a whisper on your floors, is incredibly hard to get off in one fell swoop), suds finally tucked in for the eve, I laughed ov...
Send me links to resources, news stories, blogs, Substacks, or whatever you find that might spark a new post. Help an old lady out, and let’s keep this going. I’d really like to get to 1,000 posts. This is number 874. Together, we can do it. ...
4. Can you handle being the partner who is working the hardest to keep the marriage flame burning? It's tempting to either feel like a martyr or to feel self-righteous in this situation. Neither will be helpful to you at this time. Ask yourself if you think you can hang in there if...
It feels like a bridge that will break. And am I married to a jerk who is dressed up in pretty meds? Or are the meds bringing out the "real" him and the thoughtless, selfish angry him is "just the adhd?" I NEED to organize this in my mind with some sort of model. ...