Way back when I used to be a world traveler.  When I had kids, I figured it was something I would need to give up, for a variety of reasons ...

In general, I consider myself to be an up for anything, open-minded kind of person.  In particular, since leaving my career, I have been com...

I've never been a huge fan of Valentine's Day. The whole thing is just so contrived.  The flowers.  The set price dinners.  The gr...

In the past few weeks, I have picked up some additional freelance work.  I love that I am making a bit of extra money, and I especially love...

For all of Casey's life, he has essentially been a tag along - dragged to his big brother's playdates, to preschool pickups, to park...

My internal pep talk began on the second to last day of my vacation. See this, Shannon?  See how relaxed you feel?  How happy?  How at eas...

You'll have to excuse me if I'm a bit M.I.A. from the blogosphere this week.  The thing is, I am SUPER busy. I'm busy sitting ...

The highlight of my week this week? Lunch.  Yesterday. It had been planned for over a month.  I dropped the kids off at my neighbor'...

So I had an interview this morning.  Don't worry, I'm not returning to the dark side.  It was just some Craiglist ad I responded to ...

Does it ever seem like everyone else has their shit together?  Except you? This past weekend I went to visit one of my best friends in Pit...