Half my life...

Hello strangers! I keep popping in and out of this blog like a jack-in-the-box toy.

Keep winding...and eventually I'll show up.

Today has been a really good "hump day" so far - except for that small instance this morning where I had to hang a sign on my daughter's bedroom door that read "DO NOT CLEAN" for our maid - out of fear that she will never return if she had to clean that room - I am extremely happy.

I heard a song this morning on the radio and it took me back - it took me back 18 years ago:

This was my daydream.........(cue the back-in-time swirls)

I met a guy 18 years ago, this month, and we fell immediately in lust. (yes, lust - not love - shhh pay attention)
This guy taught me about the Law of Gravity on a kids playground see-saw.

He taught me how to survive a mild concussion from an announcer's booth/softball field fence post.

Together we learned how to treat a severe allergic reaction from the grass on the 50 yard line.

He taught me the hilarity of being romantic on the hood of his car and accidentally mooning a cop at the same time.

We've learned a lot from each other over the years - good and bad - but we have never failed to see the true potential of our relationship.

We've been through so many life-changing experiences together that we are the perfect Yin-Yang.

I've been with this man for 18 year now - half my life - and he still finds me attractive and sexy. I'm proud of the man he's become and couldn't have asked for a better husband or father.

End daydream.........



I love you Mr. Strong! Here's to another 18!

There's no place like home...

There's no place like home...

No I'm not Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz, but I do wish I could escape for a while.

I have been so busy with work and family that I - once again - feel like life is slipping right by me.

I've said before that I want to travel and I even told myself that in 2012 I would do more of it. I started the year out right. We traveled and then came home - and once we pulled into the driveway I believed..."there's nothing like coming home..."

Agree?


Only my problem is that my ass has been glued to a chair - work or driving - since I returned and I'm going a little stir crazy. I forgot what "coming home" feels like. Right now it feels like a bunch of cluttered blocked energy in laundry, housework, work and LAUNDRY!

I need to breathe in some different energy - I need to breathe in nature's life.

So today while I sit on my ass and daydream for a few minutes I will share with you my first "life" destinations.



I want to leave and experience Cape Cod and all it's glory. I want to stay in all 15 towns and experience each one differently. I want to stay at a light house and feel the cool ocean air while watching the most beautiful sunset ever.




I want to leave and experience the mountains in Colorado. I want to sit in my bathing suit on this roof top jacuzzi while sipping wine and gazing out over the snow covered mountain tops. I want to breathe in that fresh cold air.




I want to leave and experience the Las Vegas strip. I don't necessarily need to gamble, but I want to sight-see and inhale all the fast moving energy and luck that Vegas offers. I want to walk into every hotel and stare...




I want to leave and experience New York at it's finest. I want to go to the opera, a Broadway show and sit in a deli at 4am an enjoy a pizza pie and some wine. I want to laugh and experience the energy on Times Square and maybe ride on the subway.




I want to leave and experience this Japanese Zen garden in Portland Oregon and then maybe go hiking. I want to see the "other" ocean from a 5-star hotel window while sitting by the fireplace naked with Mr. Strong. (The kids will have their own suite!)




I want to leave and experience this castle in St.Croix Virgin Islands. I want to experience the food and wine and history of this island. I want to come back to my 5-star hotel condo and lay in a hammock until the sun rises talking and making sand castles with the kids.




I want to leave and experience St. Thomas Virgin Islands and all it's magical energy. I want to snorkel and lay with my feet in the water while my body soaks up the sun. I want to eat fresh fruit and drink wine while the kids take naps on the private beach. I want to escape technology and live in the moments of this beautiful place.



 I want to leave and experience. I want to escape and live. I want to discover and never forget.

I want...

I need...

I will...

I have too. In order to remember what it feels like to believe again "there's no place like home."

And you know the best part? No passports needed!