Category Archives: Everyday Life

How old is your oldest item on your to-do list?

Do you have an item to do that is so small and {likely} inconsequential that it keeps getting pushed to the bottom of your to-do list to make room for more important things? Have you ever thought about how LONG that item (or items) have stayed at the bottom of the list? If you are…

Dear outsiders looking in: Don’t let the appearance of normal days fool you

A relatively new blogger on the caregiver scene wrote a fantastic post about her feeling a need to explain or apologize whenever her wounded warrior has a good day. He’s able to participate in the family on these days. He’s able to get out of the house on these days. They feel like they have…

Hidden costs of running a popular blog (or, “why mine costs more than yours”)

Torrey’s Note: This post is just over 3,000 words and took approximately 2.5 hours to create. If I didn’t love you or love blogging, I’d have spent that time elsewhere. You WON’T find this information anywhere else. I hope you’ll read through!  Once Upon a Time Once upon a time I blogged on a free…

“If I promote you, will I regret it later?” My official answer to this burning question

  This topic came up today and I wanted to share some insight about my site: what I stand for, what my focus is, who I am associated with and what I will or will not do when it comes to promotion in and of my site. I feel it is helpful to lay it…

Desperate times call for desperate measures – Sending a bat call out to all my readers

NOW I understand what makes people flip their lids and sell all their worldly belongings, strap on sandals made of hemp and go on a pilgrimage to an ashram in a faraway country, eating twigs and berries along the way. (Let’s just say that communing with Buddhist monks is becoming more and more appealing to…

Why I need my own parental controls

Or, “My Fight Against Digital Distraction” A funny thing happened on Tuesday night. My internet took a total dump. I mean, a total blackout of all internet access inside my home. I am ashamed to say that I yelled “GLORY BE! and THANKYOULORDJESUS!” like a televangelist on crack when I realized I still had access…

If you are having a bad day, read this…

Having a bad day? Read this. For best results, use as directed. Wash, rinse and repeat. For internal use only. Today was just a bad day. That’s all… just a really bad day. You are not alone. You are not worthless. You have value. No one is out to get you. You are strong. Believe…

From Piles to {Almost} Paperless: Next step – Rough sort your piles

About this series: I know a lot of my friends are struggling with this same issue of not being able to keep up with our paperwork and keeping it organized. Last year I had to get honest with myself and understand how I let things get so out of control. First, I had to take…

About that meltdown I had on Facebook the other day…

In my last post I talked about the two things I do each day to help maintain my sanity. Well, not too long after I published it, I was facing a meltdown of epic proportions that ended up as a public display — a rant that could only be described as me on the verge…

The 2 most important things I do to keep my sanity each day

Tonight I stopped the world long enough to write this post. Today was a bit more taxing than usual, as Dan’s TBI (brain injury if you are new here) was acting up more than usual with his loss of balance, confusion and agitation. Add to that a sick kid was home from school and missing…

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