Decision #2: I Will Track My Time

Decision #2: I Will Track My Time

This is a decision I came to kicking and screaming. (Ask Angie.) I am not a time-tracking kind of girl. I actually, despite being a “J” on the Myers-Briggs, rebel against many such restraints. I have been in business since January or so, and tried to track...
Decision #1: I Will Do the Work

Decision #1: I Will Do the Work

Every where I click online, it seems like people are writing year-end wrap-ups and talking about planning for the new year. As we enter December, I am considering: What did I accomplish this year? Where do I want to be next year this time? What has defined my year?...
Making Things Happen

Making Things Happen

It’s been a fun morning for a social-media-loving home body like me. I spent the first part of my day with some self-proclaimed social media newbies — at home, in my basement, with my 11 year old daughter taking drink orders at one point. A perfect morning for...
Note to Self: Spend More Time Offline

Note to Self: Spend More Time Offline

My life tends to follow a predictable routine: Work, family time, sleep. On the weekends, I add church, time with extended family, housework, and the occasional outing. The past 5 days, however, have been anything but usual. Starting Wednesday, I enjoyed: a train ride...
What Are You Wearing Today?

What Are You Wearing Today?

Nope, this is not one of those posts. I am not going to post my outfit. My outfit not that interesting, anyway. I can say this with certainty even though I am scheduling this post because when I work at home, I typically wear jeans and whatever else I can throw on...
Thankful for: Toasty Warm Edition

Thankful for: Toasty Warm Edition

It’s another Friday school holiday for my younger daughters. They only attend school on one Friday during November, which is challenging for this work-at-home-Mama. Today, though, my husband has taken the day off. There is a fire blazing in the hearth, a hot cup...
The Courage to Emerge: The Apple in the Orchard

The Courage to Emerge: The Apple in the Orchard

The trees behind our home are bare now, so my view this afternoon is of long lean trunks and branches. Only a few stubborn leaves remain. I can imagine the view in summer; where I now see brown and shadows, there is only green. And when I drive down the country roads,...
UNITE to REWRITE

UNITE to REWRITE

Over the past few months, I have enjoyed the privilege of getting to know Justin Miller and Nia Baker, two of the members of the team at CARE for AIDS. I first met Justin, the executive director of CARE for AIDS, through his father, Mark Miller, and Molly and I met...
Thankful for: Pajama Edition

Thankful for: Pajama Edition

Do you have an image of people working from home offices, wearing their pajamas all day? I don’t usually meet that stereotype, but today I do. And can I tell you? It’s fun. My daughters have a school holiday today and two of my three daughters are still...