What was your coming of age book, movie or album? For me, it was The Outsiders even though it was published in 1967… a full 10 years before my birth. How was S.E. Hinton just 15-18 years old when she wrote a book that shaped a generation…or two or more? It’s mind boggling.

Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold. 
Ugly cry.😭

They’ve never had proper Easter baskets. They had some cheap Dollar Tree things with their names pressed onto them but 2 of the three have gone missing. Since I recently started crocheting, I had an idea.

Me:  My webinar starts in a two minutes. Can you grab my computer backpack out of the car before you run over to Girl Scouts?  It’s on the front seat. 

McK: Sure

returns carrying a reusable grocery bag full of iPad screen protector boxes

Each Friday, I am hoping to list some things I am thankful for from throughout the week. So continuing for this week…

Wednesdays are SO busy for us. At work, I have 2 weekly back-to-back department meetings starting at 9:30. My oldest has a standing Wednesday appointment at 4. My two boys typically have Scouts at 6. My middle guy had basketball practice at 6:30 until recently. And one special Wednesday a month, I have my larger department meeting at 2:45.

Today was that day.

If I had more time. It’s something we all say. There’s not enough time. Ever. I wish. I wish. I wish.

Borrowing this structure from Blogged but Unspoken. It is a Fib (Fibonnaci) Poem. It has 6 lines. The first 2 lines are 1 syllable each, followed by 2 syllables, then 3, 5 and 8 syllables for the sixth line.

If your kids get overstimulated like mine, you might need to help them regulate. How does this work? Sometimes we take a towel and wipe the yuckies off. Sometimes we rock in the rocking chair with deep squeezes. But our most successful is a reset.

If you are Xennial or Millennial, you know the code. Maybe even late Gen X would know it. Do you? 

Inspired by Slice of Lisa’s 3 Things post structure from last year, I am going to write 5 Things lists on each of the days with 5 in them. Today I’m going to start with: 5 Things I Do To Protect My Peace

Did you ever play this game? I’m usually pretty good at it. I’ll give you my two truths and a lie then post some pictures to hide the big reveal. What are yours?