The headline should read - Middle aged woman who locked herself out of her house climbs through bedroom window using a car jack, a curtain rod and a shovel for support.

It was Monday and I had high hopes it was…

I was wearing one shoe. Not just any shoe, but my favorite right shoe. My favorite worn out rain stained Birkenstock. My other favorite shoe, the left one, was lying in the garage next to my Jeep were I left it the night before. It was dark and cold when it fell of my foot, as I tried to get out of the car in the dark and fell over my daughter’s mountain bike. I decided to just…

When you woke up this morning were you in a box? Was it cardboard, a fine crafted wood, or plastic? Did it have a lid, was it painted, did it have an exit or was it sealed shut? We live our lives in a box. Sometimes we look outside it and see the world from a different perspective. Sometimes it takes a windstorm to blow our box over and force us to see beyond the cardboard. Sometimes we need to duct tape…

I always believed Christmas tree skirts had one use. We spend time and money every year finding the perfect skirt to hide the ugly base of the Christmas tree and present a beautiful backdrop for our perfectly wrapped holiday presents. The Christmas tree skirt was originally designed to catch falling wax from the candles in German…

I always believed Christmas tree skirts had one use. We spend time and money every year finding the perfect skirt to hide the ugly base of the Christmas tree and present a beautiful backdrop for our perfectly wrapped holiday presents. The Christmas tree skirt was originally designed to catch falling wax from the candles in German…