When I was young, one of my favorite things to do was jump rope. I loved playing Double Dutch with my cousins, but Oh. My. God. It took what seemed like an hour for me to jump into those fast-moving ropes. I needed to wait for the right time Continue reading Jump Already!
Category Archives: Musings (on moving forward)
Fake Paleo
A few days ago, I put one foot on the Paleo Diet bandwagon. I’m doing it to lose some weight. I’m thinking this Paleo way of eating should be relatively easy, since I’m already about 80% there. I love simple, fresh foods and I generally don’t eat processed food. My problem is that I really, really like some of the stuff I’m not supposed to eat.
The Perfect House
It was not the ideal house that I had pictured in my head, but when my husband and I strolled up the walkway towards the brick and wood split-level ranch that hot summer afternoon, we turned and looked at one another. I felt tingly and warm – a buzzed feeling – like I feel when I have a little too much to drink. This was it. Our first house. Even though we hadn’t yet walked through the door, we both knew this was the house that we would buy for our little family. We would live here happily ever after, or for about 5 years, because this was our starter house. Continue reading The Perfect House
Happy New Year!
Here’s to a saner, peace-loving, and abundant new year for you and your loved ones!
xoxo
Adventures in Getting Outta My Head
I started an adventure club in early 2012. I called it “Rita’s Adventure Club”. It was a one-person club. Minimal rules, no membership dues. Just me and whatever whim appeared to me at a particular moment. Adventure time!
My definition of an adventure – doing something (hopefully different) that satisfied these 2 very important requirements: Continue reading Adventures in Getting Outta My Head
You know it’s been awhile…
It’s been a while since I posted (I sometimes state the obvious). Finally, I was inspired to blog. But, I couldn’t post because I couldn’t log in to my account. I forgot my password. I spent 15 frantic minutes looking for it in 5 notebooks/ journals and on 2 laptops. I even became Bad Mommie Continue reading You know it’s been awhile…
What does it mean to create?
What does it mean to create? There are a lot of definitions, like this one, this one, or this one. To summarize, these definitions generally have to do with coming up with something unique from one’s imagination. OK, great. You imagined something unique and wonderful but, what’s next? Continue reading What does it mean to create?
(I am) Really Rita 