One Enthusiastic and Colorful Mama
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I hate Mondays. I don’t know how a day on the calendar can have so much power, probably because I give it power. But today has been a terrible Monday. Bad things started at 5am after a sleepless night (and I was in bed by 7pm, so I SHOULD have been well rested). It’s just…
I think this journey is trying to injure me. If it does, I’m not going without a fight. Day six was bad. Day seven was worse. I spent all day Monday working from my bed. I was going to spend my breaks with the boyfriend, since it was Canadian Thanksgiving and he was home all…
I didn’t want to write this post. This past weekend was definitely a mixed bag in this whole battle against my excess. Some wins, some losses, a lot of lessons to learn. But if I’m going to be more honest with MYSELF, I have to admit to the faceless void of the internet that I…
I have to start somewhere. I absolutely am not going to update the blog every day because these posts take quite a bit of time, but I thought I would share the reality that was Day One of what will probably be the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and the best thing I’ve ever done….
This post contains affiliate links. If you click on one and make a purchase, I might make a commission. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This whole mess started with a book. I was reading Year of Less, curled up in my bed during a pretty low point in my life, which also…
The mom sitting on the bench at the park was trying to make small talk with me, and I don’t know how to make small talk. I was telling her about my schedule with my kids, where one of them is now in college and living in the dorms and the other I see every…