Jacqueline

I recently had a few lovely friends over for a harvest dinner and I went to Home Goods to spruce up my table.  Is there any getaway alone like browsing the aisles of Home Goods?  It’s a fantastic experience for the maximalist or minimalist.  It brings out the holiday energy no matter what the upcoming

It’s so nice that we finally live in a world where a mother can give up her infant with no questions asked.  This can be done as we know at a fire department and a few other places and the baby and mom are safe.  I think of all the mothers who were terrified of

My 26 year old daughter recently moved, and/or is in the process of it all.   Which is why my blog was absent last week.  A move is so life consuming and so involved it hijacks your life and you have to fight to stay mentally sane.  And moving with a two year old is

Today I had a huge bag of dogfood from Costco.  I can lift it but . . . it’s a pain.  To maneuver it you have to then open the door to the house, move through dogs, go into the back room.  Make sure you don’t bend the wrong way!  All this while hauling over

This is a true story.   I wake up because my Aussie mix is whining its 4:29 a.m..  I step around the bed, I place my first hand in cat vomit on the bedspread and proceed to step in another pile as I round the corner of the bed.  I hobble to the kitchen in search

Our family had the surprise of a lifetime on August 14, 2026.  I came home from work at the beginning of my vacation.  I had my hands full with my lunchbox, tupperware containers from the past week at work, my purse, etc.  I opened the screen door to the side of the house.  The person

By 11 am yesterday I had run 4 errands.  One of those was the DHS coming over (aka my parole officer). It wasn’t too bad, but it made my morning crazy and Anna to school late.  I managed a feat of tasks while Anna was in school, sewing, shopping, cooking, cleaning, going going and more

Heaven:  I was recently at a Dollar General (with Anna of course).  We were having fun shopping and enjoying the heavenly Halloween decor.  I am a Halloween Fanatic.  Always have been.  I can remember being so excited in first grade when we could draw ghosts and haunted houses and of course the witches.   We got

We were missing last week on our blog.  Our family had a two year old birthday party, (for sweet Elsie Jane), followed by the very last week of summer school.  All the bliss and bummer feelings it brings all intertwined together.  The seasons and times of our lives all have great outcomes, but we are

You see me in the parking lot the Warrior that I am I know what your mind is thinking I’m glad that’s not me Do you look away because it’s too real? And looking isn’t right when you are pitying in your mind? Is it hard to look at people who are supposedly “Less than”