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Thoughts as Thick as Peanut Butter
This blog has been brewing in my heart for a while mainly because just like most folks, I do not want to share these thoughts or think about them long enough to formulate an emotion. It’s a sticky...
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Facebook-A Bowl Full of Cherries
I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. I love being able to keep in touch with my friends and family that I do not get to see often enough. I hate the time I often waste on Facebook. I love the...
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Happy New Hallothanksmas Christgivingween Year!
This time of year begins the mad dash of holiday celebrations. From Halloween, to Thanksgiving, to Christmas, and finally we arrive exhausted at the dawn of a new year. At retail stores we are greeted...
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A Letter to Our New Home
Dear New Home: After dreaming about you for years, we have finally met. As I child I dreamed about what my house would look and be like when I grew up. I was picturing something more like a European...
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A perfectly imperfect start to 2013
When I started blogging I did not realize that my blog host provides an annual report card on Spoonfuloflife’s blog activity. My type A personality LOVES this feature. I am already dreaming of the...
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Celebrating a decade…what 10 years can bring to a marriage!
This week marked mine and my husband’s ten year anniversary. A decade. Wow. Some days life (not our marriage) has seemed like 100 years. Other days those 10 years seem like a blink in time. I remember...
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Thoughts for my Daughter-in-Law on Valentine’s Day
Valentine’s Day is here. Love is in the air and candy hearts and chocolates are making their way to our hips. I have never been a lover of Valentines. Don’t get me wrong, I always love a surprise from...
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Putting the Equal in Equality
In full disclosure, this blog posts contains words such as “feminists” “Hillary Clinton” “gender” “women’s rights” “Margaret Thatcher” “equality”. If you are excited by such topics, please keep...
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Miss Kitty: The Cat’s Meow
Recently our family celebrated our cat’s, Miss Kitty, 13th birthday. This may sound like I have a teenager in the house, but in all actuality-she has moved on toward retirement. Thirteen equates to...
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Peace, Love & Belly Rubs
Every night when I put my toddler in bed, he says, “rub my belly mommy.” He stretches out on the bed, pulls up his shirt, places his hands behind his head, and sticks his Buda-like belly up in the air...
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Gas Up Your Mini-Vans
Life was easy in a minivan. I don’t drive a minivan nor am I minivan hating on those minivan loving mommas. However, there was a time I drove a minivan-it was my Mom’s. It was a costumed ordered, sleek...
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Presence: Life’s Present
We have all savored something. Maybe it was the taste of a fine glass of wine, a made from scratch dish from a family recipe, or a scrumptious dessert. In that moment of savoring you think, “mmmm” this...
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Waving the White Flag to Ceasefire Mommy Wars
How can I resist blogging about the recent raging mommy wars caught in the midst of the presidential debate (Thank you Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney)? I have to ask one question. Ladies are we really at war?...
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Jewels of Wisdom In a Tiara
In Kentucky, glitz, fake tan, and hair spray fill the air. It’s the season for many young ladies to vie for a title at a local festival or county fair. Additionally, the summertime is usually when the...
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Savor Every Spoonful…Life is Precious
If you are a regular follower of spoonful of life…you know most of the posts, as a reflection of my life, are sprinkled with humor. This week is dramatically more serious than most…but for everything...
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A wise old man…who is two!
Since my son turned two last week, I have been reflecting on his past two years. I recently heard my mom say “days are long and years are short.” I don’t know if she made that up, she is usually pretty...
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My Boo!
Last week I celebrated a two-year old’s birthday, this week I celebrate the birthday of an 18-year-old. My littlest cousin who we call Boo Boo (Thanks to my son) is turning the BIG 1-8! With this rite...
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Eat Some Carpe Diem
Quite a few folks have asked me “where is your blog this week” and to you I say thank you for missing me. I have missed blogging. It’s a creative outlet I have come to love. I promised to be authentic...
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This “Two” Shall Pass
From birth, heck from pregnancy, most parents are automatically in a competition with each other…especially mothers. And it is not in our nature to air our dirty laundry. Doing so is a sign of...
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24/7 on the job…Mom
Last week, I had surgery on my knee. The MRI showed a tear in my meniscus. After 1.5 hours of exploratory surgery-not a single little tear could be found. Arghh!! The good news is I have just been...
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