i have been reading this book for several weeks. i started it because hello, anne lamott has the endorsement on the cover, and we all know that she is amazing. i would love to loan it to you, but it’s overdue at the library and someone else has it on … Continue reading
still reading this book. basically it’s like reading matthew, only from lauren winner’s perspective. for the last two days, i’ve been turning this little bit over in my mind with the hope that it will penetrate my soul…deeply. it’s from chapter 18. make sure that you do not look down … Continue reading
i can’t remember if i have talked about the egg in the hole before. it was a staple at our house growing up. i’m pretty sure my dad started fixing them first. but soon everyone was making an egg in the hole on a fairly regular basis. i know i … Continue reading
My newest yoga instructor’s name is Jeanie. She is precious, I tell you. But honestly, I think I have yet to meet a yoga instructor I didn’t like. Jeanie has blond hair, the usual yoga body and, get this, she’s had seven children. You heard me. Seven. They are all … Continue reading
i went to a show at a tavern last night. oh yes i did. at about 10:15pm. the show started at 11pm. uh-huh. yesterday was my dad’s birthday. we don’t really do a lot for his birthday. we have soooo many grandchildren’s birthdays in our family that the adult birthdays … Continue reading
oh yes, i’m still talking about crested butte. i could get in my car and drive back right now, even if i had to sit in a dead standstill on the highway because the interstate was flooded in oklahoma city, which is where i was when i wrote the following. … Continue reading
taido and i talked the night before we left crested butte about what a great week it had been and as we started to think through our plan for leaving, he said that it would be okay with him if we left later rather than earlier. that we could still … Continue reading
oh my final yoga class in colorado. it fell at 4 pm, after we’d finished our grueling day of climbing at around 2 pm. in a normal world, the one i live in most of the time, i would never have made it. i could barely walk. i could feel … Continue reading
we’ve been home for about two hours. but i heard a very wise woman say once that in order to have a wonderful vacation with your family, you have to understand that a vacation is 1/3 the planning, 1/3 the actual trip and 1/3 the memories. this was so helpful … Continue reading
last night taido warned us all that he would be waking us up very early for our final crested butte adventure. he and the kids made a list of everything we would need to take on our climb up mt. crested butte. the kids picked out their clothes according to … Continue reading
