Your one and only bucket list
on Nov 23, 2009I have only one regret in my life.   I feel rather lucky that I only have one.  And.   If there's anything to be thankful for this Thanksgiving season it's that I've been fortunate enough to live a healthy life with just one regret.  Without my p...

The day I realized my walls will be ok
on Nov 23, 2009She taught herself how to read and write, unbeknownst to me last week. Her nightstand is now littered with books and her drawers filled with paper.  A new lamp attached to her bed's headboard provides her with ample light during the short November d...

The Ugly Truth
on Nov 20, 2009On our second date we went jogging.  The day before, I frantically invaded my roommate's closet to research what avid runners wore.  I wasn't a runner but willingly accepted the challenge because how hard was it to run a couple of blocks and, oh my...

Girlfriends...
on Nov 19, 2009"Moja kolezanka. Moja kolezanka. Moja kolezanka." She sang to me as we skipped hand-in-hand, oblivious to the outside world, on our way home after standing in communistic bread lines. "My girlfriend. My girlfriend. My girlfriend." My father lef...

These comments are closed to everyone BUT the 1st born
on Nov 17, 2009Growing up I was the eldest of three children with a manicured closet organized by colors/sub-categorized by textures, my sister was the middle child with a chaotic ménage à trois of clothes spewed across her floor, and my baby brother was left alo...

Sto Lat, Dziadek!
on Nov 12, 2009My father frequently tells us that he spoke in complete sentences by the time he was nine months-old. My siblings and I like to think that his first sentence was, "I love Poland." He is convinced that the Guinness recipe originated from his motherl...

There are many things that I don't blog about.
on Nov 11, 2009Before hitting publish I read over my work, double checking that the words are mine.  True words that will one day paint a portrait for my children of the ups and downs of my parenting.  My children's name, on this blog, are pen names only to secur...

Im the only mother in the world with this problem.
on Nov 10, 2009I've lost sleep over it questioning the high heavens above me, "Why? Why me?" Unable to focus on anything during the day, as my mind is consumed with possible solutions, I curse myself because everything I've tried thus far has failed.   I did fi...

Hoping my neighbors didn't peek inside my house
on Nov 9, 2009Barefoot, in a tiny tank-top and my husband's boxers, I shook the damp linens flat and draped them over the deck's railing overlooking the cul-de-sac in my swanky suburban subdivision. It was on this day, a most glorious warm autumn Sunday, shortly a...

The Barbell Matrix (high intensity toning & calorie burning exercise)
on Nov 6, 2009Some time ago in October I bragged about being able to squat with a 95 lbs barbell across my shoulders while working out and the always witty Marinka commented, "Would it be too much to ask for your gym to release multi-angle footage of your sitting...