Sweaty Palms and St. Patrick

by | Mar 16, 2015 | Life Issues

I felt it coming on. Sitting on the sterile vinyl bench, waiting, it began like it always does, with cold sweaty palms. Then the chest vibrations began, the ones that creep up my neck and make my brain feel hot, like it’s going to boil right out of my skull. Then a...

Caveman Lessons

by | Feb 26, 2015 | Health and Wellness

Paleo. We seem to hear the word more every day. Paleo diet. Paleo lifestyle. Paleo chocolate chip banana bacon muffins. There is so much information out there regarding this increasingly popular lifestyle, it can get pretty confusing. I was confronted with the...

The Ivan Face

by | Feb 9, 2015 | Leadership

One day a few weeks ago I was doing some cleaning around the house and took notice of a to-do project I had been putting off for a while. The door on the bedroom of my two sons had been slammed so many times that the doorjamb was almost completely off the frame, and...

DIY: Transforming T-Shirts Into Scarves

by | Jan 19, 2015 | DIY

I have a confession to make. It’s costing me money, cluttering up my life, and making me question my validity as a homemaker. Here it is: I’m a spiller. You give me a new shirt, and I will find a way to immediately make a good-sized stain on it. I’m also an...

Leaning In

by | Jan 12, 2015 | Trends

“Did you know about this?” My shaking hands pulled the stack of papers from my boss’s hand and scanned the pages quickly, not believing what was in front of my own eyes. Of course the numbers hadn’t been adding up, but… How could I have been so completely duped?...