My journal of big words and pretty pictures
This week I began a six-week, online course to hopefully learn the basics of HTML5. The course is offered through edX. According to the website: Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is an online learning destination and MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) provider, offering high-quality courses from the world’s best universities and … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Fear
You would have to be living under a rock if you haven't heard of the newest Pokémon craze. A huge fad from the late 90s, early 2000’s, Pokémon was everywhere - collector cards, cartoons, movies and video games. Well, it’s back, and back in a big way. When my son was little, he collected the cards. … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Craze
Clutter is a way of life at my house. I used to say that my home wasn’t messy, it was “lived in.” It’s not that I haven’t tried to get control of the tsunami of accumulated STUFF, but most of it isn’t mine and getting rid of any of it would set off an epic … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Yarn
About a year and a half ago, our daughter, our oldest child, moved out of the family home. It’s all good. She found her Big Girl job and wanted to join the ranks of Independent Women. I had one less kid at home, and one extra - empty - bedroom. Oh, the plans I had… … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Room
This week, I am the pet whisperer. Not really, but I am pet sitting for two friends. One, a little, wiry terrier-ish dog belonging to my next door neighbor, and the other, my beach buddy’s ragdoll cat. The two, aside from being separate species, are totally different. Dixie is a jittery thing. Sometimes, when her … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Divine
Yesterday, June 14, was my 30th wedding anniversary. Our wedding was held the day after my husband graduated college, and about a week before we moved three hours away from family and friends. The event was the culmination of one blind date and three years of courting - two years of which were long-distance - before … Continue reading 100 Word Challenge: Forever
Thin spiral notebook 