As I sit down to type this, I am unshowered, wearing very unflattering pajamas that are covered in crumbs, and I have no makeup on. My bathroom has bath toys and towels strewn about, and there is cat food from one end of the kitchen […]
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the one where charlie breaks my heart and rebuilds it all at once
The time has come to get serious about Charlie and occupational therapy and diagnosis. Part of me always knew this was coming – it is certainly not my first rodeo. But part of me held out hope that he would be spared the uphill climb. […]
the one that I almost didn’t post, so read it, but don’t tell me you read it, ok?
So, I found this blog post that I wrote in 2011, but never published. I never published it because I am a pretty private person. But I decided to publish it now for two reasons…. 1. it kind of goes along with my This is […]
not all anniversaries are the good kind – visiting yarnell
The rock in the above image is from Yarnell, Arizona. I picked it up from the exact spot that my cousin, Andrew Ashcraft, deployed his fire shelter on June 30, 2013. It was tucked into the desert soil, along with tiny bits of silver foil […]
the one about tattoos and my poor impulse control
So, I bought myself a tattoo for my birthday. Another one. I wasn’t feeling like myself. I was going to lose weight and work on becoming more productive, but that sounded pretty hard, so I opted for a haircut and a tattoo instead. Instant gratification […]
the one where I decide to exist outside of iphone photos
I have been writing a lot about the importance of documenting the everyday moments in life, and not just doing the perfectly posed holiday card images. Well, in an effort to put my money where my mouth is, I have agreed to have our family […]
the one where my camera keeps me from taking up glass blowing as a creative outlet
You ever just feel the sudden need to make something? To create? I get that feeling a lot. But I can’t sing, play an instrument, draw, or cook. I am not a fan of most kinds of crafting. I can’t sew. I’m pretty iffy in […]
the one where I swear to do better….again
So, I decided to do a 365 project, where I take a picture a day, every day for a year. Yeah, well. It’s only two weeks into January, and I’ve already managed to mess that up. Go, me! But I can totally turn this around, […]
13 years
Today, my husband and I celebrate 13 years of marriage. That seems like a pretty decent amount of time to me. I suppose there are people that have many more years than that on us, but it’s over a decade, so I am giving us […]
sometimes you brush your hair with a toothbrush…and that’s fine, damn it
Being that I am constantly having to put what I do for money out in front of people to be judged, and because I am a perfectionist, I tend to heap criticism onto myself with a very large shovel, on a regular basis. And a […]
the one about the yoga pants and the name change
Since welcoming a surprise addition to our family a little less than two years ago, I have been scrambling to find that new normal that everyone says will come. Since having a baby at my “advanced age”, I have been feeling a little lost in […]
Soooooo…how’ve you been?
Ok, so I was fully planning on abandoning the whole blog thing. Don’t ask me why….it just felt so…..2010. Compared to the instant gratification of facebook, twitter, instagram, etc., it felt like taking a train when you could be using a jetpack. But it doesn’t […]
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