I enlisted in the Army at 24. The main motivation for doing so was because I felt intellectually starved and emotionally stuck where I was – too smart to keep playing the paycheck to paycheck game, but not disciplined enough (nor financed) to make the necessary life changes myself. What in high school would haveContinue reading “With Immense Gratitude for the GI Bill”
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Play It Again, Mom – We’re in That Phase Now
So I’ve been indoctrinating my almost 3-year old with my favorite cartoons a while now and I’ve experienced a wide variety of feelings throughout the process. Disappointment when she’s not interested, irrational pride as though I wrote the movie when she loves one, very real pride when she empathizes with the characters, and a fewContinue reading “Play It Again, Mom – We’re in That Phase Now”
What a Weird Place in Time
So this post is a bit of a motivational exercise to force me to do something that I can call productive… I should be doing schoolwork… or renovations… or tackling a parenting milestone like potty training… or exercising my overweight self… Anyway… I didn’t really want to do a virus post but it’s the newContinue reading “What a Weird Place in Time”
Cats in the Trailer Park
Pulling into my neighborhood just before midnight last night, I slowed for the first speed bump and two cats ran into the street. One changed course and doubled back right away, the other, a mottled grey, black, and brown, hunched down in the middle of the street unconcerned by my presence. Turns out, it hadContinue reading “Cats in the Trailer Park”
I Miss Having a Dishwasher
But Almost Don’t… I didn’t have a dishwasher growing up. According to my dad we actually had 2: me and my sister. Ha ha haaa… Like many technology related goods and services, this tail-end Gen-Xer or first of the Millennials (I was born in 1980, so depending on the source defining it, I could belongContinue reading “I Miss Having a Dishwasher”
Reflecting on a Foundational Lesson from my Dad
Aren’t memories funny? Sometimes, vivid memories get preserved into little snapshots of time, and serve as a reference point to compare new situations or lessons to which only strengthen that foundational memory. Context of why that moment happened and what followed the moment may be lost. Significance of the moment may be small and quiteContinue reading “Reflecting on a Foundational Lesson from my Dad”
Adventures With Mobile Home Ownership and DIY Renovations
It’s almost been a year since my husband and I made the serendipitous discovery of where we now live. Frustrations with our former apartment complex reached a peak and we were emotionally ready to get out, but finances seemed a little bleak. In the Richmond, Virginia area, apartment locations and/or rental rates are not friendly.Continue reading “Adventures With Mobile Home Ownership and DIY Renovations”
My stay at home mom life doesn’t match the the ideal.
There are a bajillion mommy blogs out there, all full of well meaning advice and anecdotes, but what most of them have in common is they mainly present the ideal, then offer the trials, oopsies, and more controversial stances as little side offerings to the “nobody’s perfect” creed. But common, nobody is perfect, we’re allContinue reading “My stay at home mom life doesn’t match the the ideal.”
Why this blog exists
Notice my heading? I like writing, think I’m kinda funny and have ideas worth sharing and could certainly use more friends, but I’m not up for making friends with the universe without the shield of online relative anonymity and being able to share at my own pace. Socializing is exhausting! I’m not shy in theContinue reading “Why this blog exists”
Briefly About Me
I’m Liz. I’m almost *cough cough* 40 but definitely don’t feel it. Born right on the cusp of Millennial and Generation X, I relate to aspects of both. I call myself a late bloomer, both puberty and experience-wise. Sheltered good kid all through high school–I didn’t do anything the rated R high school comedies implyContinue reading “Briefly About Me”
Random SAHM Thoughts 