by Melanie | Jul 17, 2013 | Blog |
Sometimes the metaphors are so darn obvious, they just sort of kick you in the teeth, don’t they? Yesterday, my son called me, upset and supremely grossed out, because he found fleas on the cat…Because we can never catch a break with that feline,...
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by Melanie | Jun 22, 2013 | Blog |
Sometimes I get an idea so brilliant, it borders on the diabolical. So here’s the story; Today was the William O’Brien 10 mile trail run. (Motto: “The hills! Sweet merciful Jesus, the hills!”) Anyone of you from around this neck of the woods...
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by Melanie | Jun 20, 2013 | Blog |
Does it ever occur to any of you that your bathroom is the perfect metaphor for your life? Like you spend every day wiping up the soap scum that inevitably reappears overnight, and that you could probably save yourself an inordinate amount of time and energy if you...
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by Melanie | Jun 1, 2013 | Blog |
By now some of you have heard that my partner and I will be closing our cookie shop this month. It’s honestly such a relief to get the announcement out there. Sitting on that kind of information is exhausting, people. It definitely colors all your...
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by Melanie | May 11, 2013 | Blog |
I got my Mother’s Day present early this year. Once again, I blatantly strong-armed my family into running the MDRA Mother’s Day 5k with me. (“Fine. I mean, you don’t have to do it…Even though it would make me happier than any other...
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by Melanie | Apr 24, 2013 | Blog |
I am running a 10K this weekend. Given that I awoke to a good three, maybe four inches of fresh snow, again, it is perhaps understandable that I am woefully unprepared for this thing. Hubby bravely kept me company during most of my run this weekend and had to endure...
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