Several years ago, I made a decision to eat healthier and start to exercise. My hormones and blood sugar were WAY out of whack and I had packed on about 60 extra pounds. My motive at first was just to feel better and get healthier. The weight loss was just a bonus. As time went on, my motive started to ...
Have you ever been around newlyweds or someone just engaged? It's sweet, isn't it? They are just all "ga-ga" over each other. They spend every waking moment thinking of each other and talking about each other. They are "in love" and they don't even have to work at it. That feeling is so strong and all-consuming you can hardly imagine ...
Some days, I feel like I'm living the book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. I get up and start a project. Then I have to go downstairs to get something and see all the laundry, so I change loads of laundry. Then I walk through the kitchen and see all the dirty dishes, so I wash those. When ...
Anyone who has ever dealt with an exhausted toddler or a hormonal 5th grade girl knows there are several ways to handle it when their emotions get out of control. And boy howdy, hormones exaggerate everything! One of those is to distract and redirect. Get their attention away from the thing causing them distress, such as the little boy who ...
We had to read tons of books in high school, and there were some kids at school that would just read the cliff notes. Do they still sell those? It was a condensed form of the book. You could get the main theme of the chapters without having to read the whole thing. You missed out on some of the ...