Wild Child Gone Good

Getting ready for Tinkerbell

Oh I can’t *wait* to have this beautiful medal around my neck! I’ve been waiting for almost a year for this. The inaugural Tinkerbell Half Marathon. And now it’s almost here. Excuse me for a minute… SQUEEEEEE!!!!! (thank you) My tutu is ready. My bags are almost packed. I am so ready for a weekend [...]

15 minute dinner

I am soooo not a domestic goddess. Let’s put it this way… if I could afford a housekeeper and someone to cook for me, that’s money I would completely spend. Happily. Alas, I don’t have that kind of money… I definitely do not cook as much as I should. I know that if I cooked [...]

Unapologetically Me

I may not be the world’s greatest mom – but I love my children more than anything in this world, and I do the best I can. I may have made mistakes as their mom, but I am human. I do know that I would never make my kids feel like they weren’t welcome in [...]

Goal setting for 2012

Well, if you would have told me a year ago what my life would look like today, I might have punched you in the throat. Okay, probably not, since I’m not really the violent type, but I certainly would have called you an f’n liar to your face. There pretty much isn’t anything about the [...]

2011 – A look back

I can honestly tell you that last year when I was thinking about how my life would look at the end of 2011, it was 100% different than what has actually transpired. Regardless, it was certainly an eventful (and memorable) year! This picture is probably one of my favorites of the year. I came across [...]

Getting ready for Tinkerbell

January 26th, 2012

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Oh I can’t *wait* to have this beautiful medal around my neck! I’ve been waiting for almost a year for this. The inaugural Tinkerbell Half Marathon.

And now it’s almost here. Excuse me for a minute… SQUEEEEEE!!!!! (thank you)

My tutu is ready. My bags are almost packed. I am so ready for a weekend away.

However, my training (or more correctly the lackthereof) hasn’t been the best. This won’t be my best race. But what I know is that I will have fun. That’s all I ever really wanted from this race. It’s in the happiest place on earth, so how can I *not* go there and have fun?! Read more »

My Week in Pictures – Week 3

January 24th, 2012

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Enjoyed some mini golf with a friend. The weather was beautiful! Was difficult to remember that it was mid-January. Read more »

15 minute dinner

January 20th, 2012

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I am soooo not a domestic goddess. Let’s put it this way… if I could afford a housekeeper and someone to cook for me, that’s money I would completely spend. Happily.

Alas, I don’t have that kind of money…

I definitely do not cook as much as I should. I know that if I cooked more, I would be eating much healthier. (Almost anything is healthier cooked at home than from a restaurant.) However, I’m lazy in this regard. I freely admit that. I don’t enjoy cooking on a regular basis. Don’t get me wrong, every now and then I will cook some amazingly yummy meals – but it just doesn’t happen that often. Read more »

My Week in Pictures

January 17th, 2012

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This has been a pretty good week for me! Things are starting to roll with my budding legal career and for that I’m grateful, excited and really happy! Read more »

Alcatraz!

January 9th, 2012

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I’ve lived in Northern California since I was 3 years old. So a long time. I live about an hour north of San Francisco, yet I have never, in all my life been to Alcatraz. I’ve always wanted to go, I just never have.

I’ve been having a rough week and I needed to do something fun. I decided it was time. Me and my boy were going to go to Alcatraz!

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Breathing Again

January 8th, 2012

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Note: I have needed to write this post for a very long time. Each time I’ve tried, it came out too sad, too angry, or with too many details of my pain. I wasn’t ready. I’ve read 2 posts in the past week from amazing women who have experienced painful breakups, one who is still in a lot of pain, and the other who has done a great deal of healing. They inspired me. And for that (and them) I am thankful. And because of them, I found myself ready to write the following post.

Monday, August 1^st. It was a morning like any other weekday morning. I chased him out the door (like I did every morning – it was one of our things), for one more kiss before he left for work. I smacked his ass as he walked away.

I had no idea that would be our final kiss. Read more »

My Week in Pictures

January 8th, 2012

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What a first week of 2012. I’ve been battling a bout of depression, but I ended the week on a very good note! Read more »

Unapologetically Me

January 6th, 2012

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I may not be the world’s greatest mom – but I love my children more than anything in this world, and I do the best I can. I may have made mistakes as their mom, but I am human. I do know that I would never make my kids feel like they weren’t welcome in my life or in my home. That is just something I could, nor would ever do. I allow my children to live their lives as individuals. This will mean that they will make mistakes, but that is part of life. I will always be here for them no matter what path their lives take. Because I love them unconditionally, without judgment and with all of my heart.

I like to have an identity that isn’t always attached to being someone’s mom. I am a woman, not only a mom. (Not that being a mom isn’t great.) I like to have kid-free time with friends, and I like to have me time to run. And every once in a while I might like to get a babysitter, so that I can go have a couple drinks with friends or maybe go on a date. Does that make me selfish? Maybe. But I think at the end of the day, honoring my own identity makes me a better mom. Read more »

A day in the life – Week 52

January 3rd, 2012

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Sunday

Christmas 2012.

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Goal setting for 2012

December 31st, 2011

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Well, if you would have told me a year ago what my life would look like today, I might have punched you in the throat. Okay, probably not, since I’m not really the violent type, but I certainly would have called you an f’n liar to your face.

There pretty much isn’t anything about the way my life looks like today that I would have even imaged, with the exception of having passed the California Bar exam. I imagined that. I dreamed about that. But when I imagined and dreamed about that, there were certain people that were a part of that. Those people (okay, one person) have chosen a different path.

And that leaves me with my path. Some days it’s easier to accept my new life than others. As time moves on, I find myself more accepting, less sad, and even at times excited about the possibilities. Read more »