Mom, after two weeks of school vacation

Experienced knitters frowned worriedly, when I triumphantly told them about the SuperEasy Poncho Pattern I had found:  a big rectangle with a hole in it.   'Even I can do thís!' I bragged. 'Are you sure?' they asked. 'It doesn't even look like a poncho, now does it.' They were right... And they were right:...

  I love solitude. And peace and quiet. So imagine me having 5 children. Whom I love dearly by the way and I wouldn't want to miss them for the world. I miss being alone But I do miss being me. Just me, myself and I. There's always someone around. Sometimes I feel like I'm...

I've often tried to meditate. But as soon as I sit down, my mind starts running around. I know that's to be expected, and that you just have to stick with it. But somehow the sense of peace and calm I try to accomplish by meditating always eludes me. Then I heard coloring counts as...

Somehow I fell in love with Korean drama. And that's coming from someone who had no interest whatsoever in Korean, Chinese or Eastern culture in general. Why I started watching Korean drama I only started to watch a Korean drama because my youngest daughter had been nagging me to watch Korean drama with her for...

I have discovered something about myself: I am very sensitive to shopping triggers. Don't know what those are? Let me explain: shopping triggers, are triggers that make you want to shop! Shopping triggers My shopping triggers are: Junk mail eBay Walking through the mall Pinterest Blogs with cute stuff you can buy The promise of...

My work as an Internet Assessor took me places I had never been before.  One day I came across an article about Mark Chapman, John Lennon's murderer. Mark: 'She didn't do anything!'  The headline told angrily that Mark's wife Gloria, had known about his murderous intentions, but hadn't done 'anything'. In her defense: poor, deluded...