A New Rule

Everyone knows the rule Don't buy yourself anything new right before a birthday or Christmas, right? Well, how about a new rule that I just learned on my anniversary a few weeks back: Don't EVER give a previously unvoiced opinion on the day of your anniversary!!

As you can imagine, there is a funny/awful story to explain this newly learned rule...

Twenty Years of Convenience Story

My romantic short story, Twenty Years of Convenience, has just been published in an anothology by OakTara Publishers.

It is available for purchase on their website and at Amazon, Christianbook, Barnes and Noble and more.

Mornings At My House (Mom's will get this one!)

My household (other than my husband!) usually wakes up between 8 and 9 in the morning. I am not a morning person and so I normally sleep in until the kids wake me up leaving my "quiet time" for night. But this morning I was awake before 7 am.

I decided to surprise my husband and have breakfast and spend some time with him before he went to work. I was thwarted as he had to go in early and I just missed him. As I came downstairs, he drove off. So I had some toast and read my Bible. The house was quiet; the deck was cool; it was lovely.

Then at 7:30 am Maeva started fussing so I got in bed with her and snuggled down. She was sweet and we both fell back asleep. I felt like this waking up early thing had some potential.

What A Girl Wants

It is funny to think back to what I wanted in high school and compare that to what I want now as a woman.

A Bed & Breakfast that I stayed at in Germany.

I wanted to be living in Europe with a career in something international, business suit required. I did not want to be married and most definitely did not want children. I wanted to be able to travel on a whim and see and experience whatever culture I found myself in. I wanted independence and importance.

That is not what I want now...