by Mary Carver | Jan 13, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I’ve been having trouble sleeping lately. Now that I don’t have to get up and go to work – or, honestly, even get dressed – before a certain time in the mornings, I’ve allowed myself to revert back to my natural night owl ways. I blame my...
by Mary Carver | Jan 12, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
photo © 2008 Doug Belshaw | more info (via: Wylio) It’s January again, a season of resolutions and goals and oh, who am I kidding? If we let it, January – with all its fresh starts and expectations – can be a season of stress, frustration and even...
by Mary Carver | Jan 12, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect, Home Life
Like half the country, we’ve gotten quite a bit of snow this week. Today will be the third day in a row that Annalyn hasn’t had preschool in the morning. Three days in a row after two weeks off for Christmas. In case you’re counting. Actually, it...
by Mary Carver | Jan 10, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I promise to stop talking about the cookie diet after this. But as I was searching for some old photos tonight, I found this one and couldn’t resist sharing it with you. Even my CAT thinks a diet made of cookies is a good idea! I found her rolling around in...
by Mary Carver | Jan 9, 2011 | Giving Up on Perfect
I watched a show on TV last week about celebrity diets. Of course I know that extreme diets and crazy fads are, well, extreme and crazy. But a diet based on cookies – even if it’s promoted by a certain train wreck from the Jersey Shore – does sound a tiny bit...