Three wishes

They come in threes don’t they? Those proverbial wishes from the proverbial genie in a bottle. Okay I know I just repeated the word proverbial in the same sentence 3 words apart. And compounded the blunder by doing it yet again. This is the proverbial train wreck of paragraphs. OMG, I did it again! Jeez,…

Day 25 in Kenya

It’s 6:11 am here in Nairobi. I have been up for about an hour checking up on my bills and responding to e-mails. As I listen to the rooster crowing outside, announcing the start of a brand new day, I hasten to complete my post and jump on my chores. With a house, garden and…

Serenity

Waking up to this view this morning feels so serene to me. The birthday girls were still asleep when I awoke bright and early. I tiptoed to the kitchen, made a cup of herb tea and came back to bed to watch as the wafts of mist rose from the lake covering the lake making…

Hitting the Road today

  We are hitting the road today for a weekend trip to the Ozarks.  We being my bff, her twin and yours truly.  The three musketeers.  It’s been a while since we had a trip but this year, we decided to head off to celebrate their birthday weekend.  No husbands or boyfriends allowed, just a…

Week 5: Ebbs and Flows

This past week was good.. everything considered. I had coffee with a good friend. It was good to catch up. I took two days off from work and caught up on tasks that I had not had a chance to get to. I even finished unpacking my suitcase from my trip to Nairobi last December….

Ugh..

And just like that, my insomnia is back. I don’t get it. I don’t understand! It’s so frustrating!

It snows here!

So I just returned from Nairobi a week ago and the temperatures were really mild there. Typical highs in December are in the 70s. I wasn’t even gone long, a little less than 3 weeks really. But it sure took me by surprise to open the window this morning in Kansas City to find snow…