Slightly Tilted Life

I haven’t written a post on this blog for a while, because life. But I can’t ignore this burning question I have about the election:

If t..

Summer in Arkansas is like taking a walk in hell plus a little more humidity.

Yesterday was hell in more ways than one, because I got s..

One of my favorite verses in the Bible is Proverbs 31:25 –

Clothed with strength and dignity, she can laugh at the days to come.

I l..

I’m not a big TV watcher. I’ve never seen the Voice and I have no interest in Dancing with the Stars. Yes, I realize half of you are think..

Two things about me you may not realize:

1. I have a brain. I have proof of this.
2. Not only do I have a brain, it’s a little too big f..

The rose bushes in my front yard make my blood pressure rise every time I drive past them. They sit there day after day, year after year. ..

A friend of mine – a GOOD friend of mine – hurt my feelings recently. I saw her the next night and I was a complete bitch to her. I was. I..

Life has been stressful lately. Not run-of-the-mill stressful. Piled on, layered, and smooshed down like a panini.

Fortunately, I am no..

Shaving sucks. There’s always some places you miss that you don’t notice until you’re out in a bathing suit on a boat in the middle of now..

Running around like a crazy person has been my life for the last three years. I like it. I like the energy, the busyness, the slightly man..

It started early with me. I was almost three before I slept a full night. My mom, at her wit’s end, gave me a small sip of wine in the hop..

Life has a funny way of kicking you in the butt, then punching you in the gut just to make sure you really felt the pain. More than once I..

Friday nights from here until eternity are booked for me. You can ask me to do something and I’ll be thrilled to get the invite, but I’ll ..

Life moves fast. Cars go fast. The kids grow fast, chew fast, and change their minds at warp speed.

We work out hard, clean hard, shop ..

I’m not really a self-involved little twit.

I promise.

I don’t think most of us are, even though social media has taken over so much..

“Do these jeans make my butt look big?” I heard the girl ask her friend.

“No way! It looks good! You should get those!”

Now, either ..

It started innocently enough, just a casual conversation with a stranger in the checkout lane. She was friendly, young, and juggling a bab..

Yep. That’s me. The girl on aisle 3 with her sunglasses on top of her head, her kids dragging behind her, wearing old sweatpants and my hu..

I may know you, dear reader. In fact, I probably do since most of you read this because you know me or my family. I have no illusions of m..

Dear Moms,

You may be reading this on your phone in the bathroom, taking your 3 minutes of “alone” time to catch up on the world around..