Emily is sick again.  Poor baby.  It is so far just a cold, but she feels miserable and of course, acts it 🙁  That is pretty much guaranteed to make one or more of us miserable at some point during the day.  I know it is not entirely her fault, but she just gets so […]

It is now my 40th birthday.  I don’t feel any different.  I don’t look any different.  So what is all the fuss about?  Maybe I will find out later today.  That would be cool.  Maybe I should pretend that something really awesome is gonna happen and have that excitement carry me through the day!  Well, […]

So I did it!  I created a page on Face Book today for MapleMouseMama!  Is it silly to be excited about all of this?  It feels great to have a project to tend to.  Does it really matter if anyone else “likes my page” or not?  Does it even matter if anyone else reads my […]

So here it is, the dawn of a new day is but a moment away and I can’t help the feelings that have started to creep up.  It is now officially September 1st, which means tomorrow is September 2nd.  My birthday.  My fortieth birthday.  The big 40.  I am not excited, but for some reason […]

Today is Sunday, August 28th 2011.  Nothing too spectacular about this day for me, but tomorrow is another story.  Tomorrow Doug and I will celebrate our 13th wedding anniversary.  Hard to believe that much time has passed since we said our I do’s.  It has been an incredible journey full of ups and downs, all […]

Well, this is it!  My very first post in my brand new blog!!  Yayyyy!!  Can you tell I am excited? 🙂  Well, I am.  This has been a well kept secret dream of mine for awhile now.  I started to try this on for size a few months ago, but just never had the nerve […]