Life Lesson: Take Better Notes

When I have a brilliant thought, blog idea or just something that I absolutely don’t want to forget I put it into the “note” section of my phone.  Recently, I decided to go through these notes to see if I could find a spark of inspiration.  Instead I found myself trying to crack a code….

Life Lesson: Don’t Treadmill & Cry

Spoiler Alert: If you watch This Is Us and you HAVEN’T watched this week’s episode, do not read any further. Stop what you are doing and go watch. We’ll still be here when you’re done. Go on, get to it. It has long been established that we are Gilmore Girls in training. We love Lorelai and…

Life Lesson: Does it Get Better Than This?

This week, I was walking through my favorite store, okay, no it wasn’t Anthropologie.  I am pretty sure my hubby has set an alarm up on his phone to alert him if I get within a 50-foot radius of that store.  One time he actually called me while I was checking out there and I…

Life Lesson: Last Hurrah!

I am a little confused because I feel like I lost a chunk of time somewhere along the way.  I am almost certain that I just dropped my oldest off in Boulder for her first semester of college and yet I just watched her drive off for her very last semester at CU. Sure, I…

Life Lesson: Pushed to Positivity by Negativity

Many have breathed a collective sigh of relief that 2016 is over and we hope it has taken its nastiness with it. Throughout the holiday season as we tried to regain our holiday spirit once more and unearth our goodwill I heard again and again how everyone was so tired of all the strife and…

Life Lesson: Growing into a New Year!

Lowi and I have been at this blog game exactly three years today and it’s been a process. In this time we’ve grown as writers, as people, as storytellers. Our courage has ebbed and flowed as any good, self-deprecating, corn-fed, small town girl’s should. It’s been a mix of vulnerability, uncertainty, consistency, commitment and just…