Posts Categorized: Life’s a Butter Dream
Life’s a Butter Dream – Author M.J. Pullen blogs about body image, weight loss (and gain) (and loss again), fitness and struggling to stay healthy as a working mom. When my oldest son, Skywalker, was a toddler, he used to sing “Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily… life’s a butter dream.” And he’s right!
First, I have had the heebie-jeebies all day [that’s right, I said heebie-jeebies] after a trip to our basement laundry area this morning. I have noticed in the last few days that the cobwebs have gathered amazingly fast on our new washing machine and hot water heater, both of which were installed within the last […]
Isn’t this just the coolest thing? Right now I’m enjoying MLM’s morning nap and watching the trapped Chilean miners being rescued one by one. You would think that by the twelfth miner, some of the novelty and emotion of seeing this process would have worn off, but it hasn’t. It’s totally amazing to see someone […]
Today I got to do something I haven’t done in about seven years: I took a brand new set of hedge clippers and started the long process of trying to reclaim our overgrown jungle of a yard. Our new house has a pretty extensively landscaped yard in front and back. It was definitely one of […]
It’s time for another installment in the Stages of Weight Loss… When we last left our heroine, it was the WAY FUN stage of being totally balanced and really psyched about moving in the right direction. Well, I hope you enjoyed that feeling of momentum. Because now we’re going nowhere fast. This is a particularly […]
What I Hated About Today: The dead rat in the crawlspace. Discovered with my nose. YUCK! Gratuitous landlord drama. (Seriously? It’s been 9 days!) My fifth aborted attempt at a nap this week. Having to miss out on (a) dinner and (b) time with a dear friend, because MLM was exhausted and overstimulated and needed […]
Darling hubby is out of town this evening, and MLM is long tucked away in his bed; so tonight it’s just me, the trusty laptop, Sixteen Candles and a plastic cup of wine. Aaaahhhhh…. If you haven’t noticed, 30 Days of Blogs has really turned into more like “30 Blogs in 40 Days” or something […]
Whew! Sunday morning and I am enjoying my first pot of coffee brewed in the new house, while my boys are both napping upstairs. If you’ve been paying attention, you may have noticed that I dropped the ball a bit on my 30 consecutive days of blogging. (If you’ve been paying attention that closely, I […]
It’s been a long day, friends. I’m at work between clients just now; and this has been the most peaceful part of my day so far. Otherwise it’s been lots of packing and hauling and being really, really angry at the Comcast people. It’s amazing how much power over us some companies wield, like those […]
Quick blog tonight – first, I just really want to say “thanks” to everyone for the good vibes, phone calls, texts, etc. It’s been a long but satisfying day. And we have a house! And a condo! And four days to move!! The closing went relatively smoothly today, at least compared to how badly things […]
I’ve blogged before about my (selective) perfectionism, and how it can sometimes hold me back from getting things done. Needing to get things juuuuust right can really be paralyzing sometimes, because all the work it takes to do something perfectly can seem really overwhelming at the beginning of the task. Please don’t get the wrong […]
