My Life. My Blog.

I’ve been spending a lot of my evenings either doom scrolling or playing mindless games on my mobile. I look up and suddenly I’ve lost an entire evening … I’m not loving that. Don’t misunderstand, I enjoy a good doom scroll … What I don’t need is hours of it, several evenings in a row. My day job - in truth, my life - requires me to actively troubleshoot, problem solve, manage a variety of personalities … I’m the one that needs to find solutions, make decisions - to act. Whic

This week I brought home the footstool I had taken out to be reupholstered. Seeing it back in its space - an extension of the rocker brought me so much joy! So much so that I started thinking of all the things that make me smile … I went back into the archives and re-read one of my blog posts on the very subject … Doing that - made me smile! That girl - the one who wrote that - I didn’t give her enough credit … She trusted her instincts far more than I ever understood at the

I recently had a whirlwind trip to see family. It was last minute, less than 24 hours and I was navigating four bebes’ schedules, packing etc. My part of the planning ended - temporarily - when we boarded our first flight … Someone else was responsible for navigating the where’s and when’s and how’s from that point until we arrived back at the airport. It was a great visit, everything went smoothly … Sometimes my brain doesn’t switch off … My papa had upgraded his phone this