A few weeks ago, after Brandon and I returned from celebrating our tenth anniversary, I looked ahead at our calendar for October. There were a lot of commitments that required a lot of babysitters, which translated to many nights and weekends away from the kids (and several hundred dollars in childcare and travel expenses). IContinueContinue reading “Right Where I Need To Be”
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Most Memorable Moment: Ten Years Later
Last night, we went to Bull and Bones Brewhaus and Grill in Blackburg, Virginia (look at that nice alliteration… it’s even a poetic location) for karaoke and drinks. Brandon asked me what moment is most memorable for me from the last ten years together, not counting our wedding day and the births of our children,ContinueContinue reading “Most Memorable Moment: Ten Years Later”
Looking for the Goods
First off, sarahmwells.com is broken, and I’m unhappy about it. I kept hoping it would reset itself or just reappear, and after multiple attempts to contact customer service people at Google and at GoDaddy.com, I have given up, deleted the domain name entirely, and with any luck it’ll become available again in the next coupleContinueContinue reading “Looking for the Goods”
Why Do We Need Men?
So there’s news flitting about that women are increasingly the leading or sole breadwinners in the American family. In most cases, this means more and more families are being raised by a single mom with an absent father, or the reason mom is the breadwinner is because dad can’t find work. It isn’t because a couple satContinueContinue reading “Why Do We Need Men?”
Instructions for Crazy
Who is that crazy person in my last blog post? Woah. She’s crazy, isn’t she? She hasn’t completely moved out, but I think I’ve at least stashed her polka dot and pinstripe clown suit in the closet for a couple of days. AWP was restorative. I slept a lot, ate good food, and had greatContinueContinue reading “Instructions for Crazy”
The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma GandhiI leave in the morning for my annual trek to the AWP Conference, this year in Boston. I’m leaving with my homework done for this week, a packet submitted for the program, “spring break” for school waiting after the trip, four manuscripts formatted andContinueContinue reading “The First Step Is Admitting You Have a Problem”
Sick Days
Know what I loved about today? This morning after breakfast, I cleared the dining room table with my husband and loaded the dishwasher. “What time do you need to leave this morning?” I asked. “Around 10,” he replied. Henry came in and tugged on my pantleg, “ILK? ILK?!””No, buddy, you already had two cups.””OHHHHHH, Nooooooooooo!”ContinueContinue reading “Sick Days”
Advent Days 17-21: Run, Run, Rudolph
The last week of advent before Christmas got a little scrambled up, but there were plenty of highlights. Elvis’s Christmas program was on the 18th. Lydia finished off an antibiotic for strep on Monday and by Tuesday morning, she had it again, so the rest of the Wells family stayed home while I took EContinueContinue reading “Advent Days 17-21: Run, Run, Rudolph”
Advent Days Ten and Eleven
Package Christmas Cookies, and Open a Christmas BookWe made an unplanned trip up to Great Mom-O’s house last night, so we took care of yesterday’s advent activity when Lydia got home from school today. We prepared our cookies from Saturday for delivering to neighbors and designed a few cards to go with them. The planContinueContinue reading “Advent Days Ten and Eleven”
Advent Day Three: Dance to Christmas Music
Welp, not all advent activities can be as romantic or successful as the rest. I woke up this morning with an ugly cold that landed me on the couch most of the day, and advent activity #3 was supposed to be “dance to Christmas music.” This isn’t so appealing when your head is pounding.Lydia hadContinueContinue reading “Advent Day Three: Dance to Christmas Music”
Sarah Marie Wells 