The world as I see it.

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I am loving Lisa Madigan’s office right now.

Woke up this morning with a smile on my face. Why? I don’t know and that’s what makes it so special. I can’t remember the last time I woke up this way. 
It might have something to do with being in my new home. It isn’t grand, it isn’t spectacular—but it’s mine. All by myself (plus [...]

I have no good excuse for the neglect I have shown this place over the past week. There hasn’t been any family emergencies. Professionally, I haven’t been swamped with work, just the usual. The kids haven’t been driving me crazy (well maybe they have a little). Chas has been working seconds, so the evenings have [...]

This is my second attempt at Monday Mumblings. I started this so I would be forced to write at least every Monday. I have never been so stressed about writing in my life. Since I am not a professional writer I have never had a writing deadline. It has given me a sense of dread [...]

My mind has been wondering lately. I can be right in the middle of a project and get totally sidetracked with a thought that has nothing to do with the current topic. This is not distraction, it’s just too much stuff going on right now. But I have decided that I am the most creative [...]

I have been suffering from lack of inspiration lately. I blame scheduling conflicts, mouthy kids and mind-numbing freelance projects. I need a project that is my own. I am creative damn it, I just can’t prove it right now.
Today is the first day of fall. I knew this because google’s graphic was full of fall [...]

Stick with me. I swear this is a somewhat interesting story.
Labor Day weekend we took a day trip with some friends of ours. Our goal for the day was to get to Cairo, Illinois so I could take pictures of all the old abandoned buildings (Check out my flickr for these pics). Well we made [...]

I’m dull. Utterly boring and disgustingly average. I don’t have any super powers. I’m really a horrible housekeeper. I never finish what I start. I don’t have great ideas when I’m sleeping and then wake up and scribble them on a scratch pad on my bedside table. I like beige. I’m most comfortable in holey [...]

So after I saw this post from TheBloggess I had to know where I stand. Um my score is 4,985,346—not real impressive. Sigh. I will have to murder BUNCHES of people to even catch up to Jenny. (Read TheBloggess’ post and you’ll understand all of this.)

So in the time it took for me to grab [...]

A few weeks back I wrote of being discouraged and uninspired. Yesterday I read a post of Maggie’s at okayfinedammit.com and it really hit close to home. She told of not being able to function; about how the world just stops for her. I think we have all been hit with this from time to [...]