I just got back from an amazing blogging conference called Activate. It is run my Ruth Soukup’s and her amazing team at Elite Blog Academy/Living Well Spending Less. I got clarity on what I want to achieve here and how I want to move forward. […]

Did summer go by as quickly for you as it did for me? Are you happy with what you did and didn’t do? We started off with a bang in June with a large family reunion in Southern Utah near Zion National Park. It continued […]

I’ll get back to my regular posting next week, but for now I’m enjoying time with my family on vacation. We went to Mount Vernon among other places and it’s been fun. I hope you are squeezing every last moment out of summer!

Today I’ve got the kids working on their summer assignments.  For my son Lawboy, this means hours practicing his violin and viola for the arts school he attends.  For my own homework, I’ve been working on creating videos.  I worked on this one a few […]

Last week I woke up with a start with all of the things I had to do running through my brain.  I was feeling overwhelmed and wrote about how I cope with all the stress in the midst of overwhelm.  Lately it feels like I’ve […]

They say tragedy plus time equals humor. They also say that laughter is the best medicine. I’ve also heard more than one motivational speaker suggest each of us look for humor in a situation. We need the humor-especially when we’re having one of those days. […]

I’m still working through my concussion issues, so in honor of this holiday, I’m posting one of my favorite sketches on International Relations from Studio C (a clean, family friendly comedy sketch show).

Okay, its truth time. With the stress of our impending move that never seems to happen, I am guilty of stress and comfort eating. I’ve also been guilty of eating way too late in the evening.  I haven’t been getting enough sleep and I’ve certainly […]

Not to state the obvious, but it’s true. I’m inserting this post more than a week after my car accident to explain my lack of content. Short version is the guy behind me on the interstate slammed into my car when he was going too […]

Today: This is hard. Really hard. I’ve been hanging on to this post for a week. I’m frankly scared to post this because, while I’m not exactly a people pleaser (you can’t please everyone all of the time, nor should you try to), I do […]