by Lisa-Jo | May 31, 2012 | Family, Motherhood, Our crazy little rental house
We all have them, right? Those things around the house – those chores, those foibles, those weird little nooks and crannies that we would really rather avoid. Would rather put our feet up on the furniture, lick the brownie bowl and pretend we don’t see. Or...
by Lisa-Jo | May 29, 2012 | Cheering for you, Motherhood
{The swimming pool opened this weekend. So I knew it was time for our annual reminder about swimsuits and mama bodies} My boys officially smell of summer. And to me summer smells like sunscreen. The ritual has begun – the spraying and lathering and rubbing into...
by Lisa-Jo | May 25, 2012 | Five Minute Friday, Rabid fear of parenting, Raising Boys
Around here we write for five minutes flat on Fridays. We write because we love words and the relief it is to just write them without worrying if they’re just right or not. So we take five minutes on Friday and write like we used to run when we were kids. On...
by Lisa-Jo | May 21, 2012 | Motherhood, Rabid fear of parenting
It’s such an ordinary evening. I’m just sitting there alone in Panera with my laptop and the best tuna sandwich I’ve had in ages. Deadlines loom large and Pete is home with kids so I can squeeze more hours out of a beautiful spring evening. My head is full of the...
by Lisa-Jo | May 18, 2012 | Five Minute Friday
On Fridays over here a group of people who love to throw caution to the wind and just write gather to share what five minutes buys them. Just five minutes. Unscripted. Unedited. Real. Your words. This shared feast. If you have five minutes, we double dog dare you to...
