Category: Life
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Midlife Challenges for the Women in 2023

Midlife women trying to survive 2023? Good luck! Turns out, surviving 2023 is somewhat of a challenge for everyone, especially for those of us that are in “midlife”. Let’s face it, midlife women have a lot on their plates right now. We’re juggling careers, family, aging parents, and the constant pressure to look and feel…
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Laughing All the Way from the Home Office: The Daily Midlife Mayhem of an Over Caffeinated Woman Juggling Business, Bedhead, and Bagels.

Hey Y’all! Today, we dive into my chaotic world of the midlife business shitshow, juggling the pressures of running a business from the comfort of my home office. Picture this: a land of sticky notes, half-empty coffee mugs, and the constant threat of merging personal and professional lives into one big hot mess. So, let’s…
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Where Has the Funny Gone? (2019) Update: 2023-Still Can’t Find the Funny!

I wrote this piece back in 2019 when the world started to catch on fire. Today (3-26-2023) It’s still burning. So, I thought I re-share this post and add a few updates. Why haven’t we emerged from this fire like the phoenix we are? I try to find humor every day. This morning while I…
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Dear Santa. A Letter from an Empty Nester Mom (that’d be me) on What She Really Wants in 2023 for Christmas.

Dear Santa, Over the years we’ve been caught kissing, having cookies and milk together and even playing reindeer games when we got into the liquor cabinet with Blitzen that one time. But the gifts I’ve gotten over the years have been mediocre at best. I don’t mean to be critical, but I do most of…
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My Neighbors are Like Living Through an Episode of American Horror Story and a List of Things I Highly Recommend This Week to Help with Self Care

Y’all. My upstairs neighbors that I used to call The Vampires, we are now calling them the Hippos. They still don’t ever sleep, but either they weigh a thousand pounds each or they really are hippos because no one, and I mean no one walks that loudly. All day. There is not enough square footage…