by skimhenson | Aug 4, 2011 | life improvement
When there’s not enough time for an overhaul during yard work, my husband and I neaten the flowerbeds and around the edge of the lawn with the weed eater. We chop the tops off dollar weed, crabgrass and Japanese clover till it’s ground level and barely...
by skimhenson | May 20, 2011 | life improvement
“We bought this one because it felt right,” sounded like a lame explanation for why my husband and I downsized to a dilapidated fixer-upper instead of taking time to find more space at a lower price. Our friend looked confused, and no wonder. Our decision was far from...
by skimhenson | May 8, 2011 | letting go, life improvement, relationships
Church seemed an unlikely place over which to have a breakdown, but nonetheless, that’s the place that prompted it. My church friends also helped end my severe bout with run-on yeses. Our family participated in three, four, sometimes more events each week. In fact,...
by skimhenson | Apr 14, 2011 | life improvement, relationships
I am back after an episode with my crashing computer, a frenzy over “What to do? What to do?”, and the battle of “I want to keep my Dell so make it work.” But my Dell didn’t work, and it had no plans to ever work again, so I purchased a MacBook Pro....
by skimhenson | Mar 2, 2011 | life improvement
“I wish your parents visited more often. I like how you keep the house when they’re around,” said our daughter’s fiancé. When she told me about their conversation, she said, “I wish that also. It’s because I’m trying to impress you. I’m trying to convince you I’m...
by skimhenson | Jan 28, 2011 | funny ones, life improvement
Play on Saturday with Jeanie. It was an odd entry on my to-do list. The list that runs down the length of my desk. Onto the floor. Curls past my office door and into the hallway. It’s long. Just then, while thinking about the length of my list, I remembered that...