Today I received a baby announcement in the mail. I love announcements with pictures. Especially artistic newborn photography with babies wearing knitted hats or lying in tiny baskets. The announcement I received today was a single photograph of my friend’s new baby boy — wearing...
I almost saved someone’s life today. Almost. I was driving down a busy Scottsdale street when I noticed the rear passenger wheel on the fancy silver car in front of me wobbling a bit. “I should tell that person that their wheel should be checked,”...
My eyes scanned the coffee shop for empty seats. It was a busy Monday morning, and lots of people apparently had the same idea of starting off the week with 20 ounces of coffee and a goal of getting things done. The only seat available...
Sometimes life gets a little bit too real for my liking. Sometimes you’re having one of the best weeks ever. You get an appreciative email that you save in a folder you’ve named “Nice Stuff," you're having a series of good hair days, you make it...
I did something really stupid last week. We decided to travel to Hawaii over the holidays and only after committing to flights did I think to look for hotel rooms. What I did not know, but that makes perfect sense now that I think about...
Our garage was full of baby items for the girls, old couches and chairs and a dining room set, and one ambitious weekend I decided I was going to post it all online. Someone had told me about an app that is specific to your...
I've been trying to practice mindfulness more regularly. This practice was made easier, because a drop-in meditation studio opened near my house. You can swing in silk hammocks, feeling weightless, while the instructor guides the practice in a soothing voice. The first time I went, I...
It all began last Saturday over blueberry pancakes. As the girls were eating, I stated, in an Eeyore-sounding voice, “After breakfast we have to run a few errands. We have to buy toothpaste and we have to put gas in the car...
Falling asleep in the first five minutes of anything is typically not a good sign. Unless it’s a massage—and then falling asleep instantly is a sign of blissful relaxation. I should clarify: It’s only relaxing if the massag-ee, as opposed to the massag-er, is the...
We stopped at an ice cream shop in a tiny town in Colorado. The ice cream tasted extra good on this sunny day, and we enjoyed our waffle cones filled with creamy deliciousness while sitting outside. The exterior wall of the ice cream shop was painted...