The OCD of Entrepreneurs & How to Overcome It

After 2 years of being a self-employed individual — entrepreneur to some…

Fuck Being Relevant

I’d Rather Be Me Instead

I’m sorry, I can’t “Mom” Today

Let me tell you, this Mom business is not for the weak. It’s hard shit to be the Mom everyone thinks they need, or the Mom everyone seems to want. I’m generally, none of those things. I’m the Mom who spends a good portion of the day on or near her computer, working for other…

Beyond the Frills: Teaching our Daughters to Enjoy Sci-Fi

Keep Rebelling, Senator Sanders

This morning, I awoke to unsurprising news. Clinton has been named the presumptive Democratic Presidential Nominee. I’m a hardcore Sanders supporter, and believe me, I was under no illusion that the establishment was going to allow him in any way to win. In fact, they…

Content For the Sake of It

Today’s the first day of my 1 year of daily blogging where I don’t have a topic buzzing around my brain. Instead, it’s been to filled up with all the work I’ve been doing for my clients… I’ve written about Jon Snow’s return and what it means for Westeros, finalized writing an…

Well Crap

I’ve run myself ragged today… and nearly forgotten to write. It’s 10:05pm and all I’ve got to show for the day is half my work done because I blew off the afternoon to spend with the kiddos. We got ice cream. We went to the park. We played in the 90 degree weather and had supper at a restaurant at one of the local lakes.

It was lovely. ❤️

Setting Aside Time

Today’s been an awkward one. I haven’t gotten as much done as I’d like. The kids have been unusually obnoxious. I’d like nothing more than to walk away from everything for a few hours.

Instead, I’ve worked. Mowed the lawn. Been the grown up. In essence, I’ve adulted. Super.

Summer Vacation Hits Home

So, this is it. Summer vacation.

The kids are officially home on their first week of summer vacation. I just picked them up from their Dad’s house a couple of hours ago and already I’ve had to escape to the garage with my laptop for a conference all.