Published on Tuesday, February 4, 2014 by Katherine Day Four of the WWFC writing challenge brings us the subject, “When Hell Freezes Over.” Have you ever paused to think, “What have I done in my life that I once said I would only do when hell freezes over?”  Maybe it’s time to do just that. After writing my own list of things I never thought I would do but did, I felt a rush of humor, pride and accomplis...

Published on Friday, January 31, 2014 by Katherine Alilhoohaa’s January photo blogging challenge theme is “New.”  I waited until the last minute, not sure of what I could photograph that was “new.”  Sadly, nothing in my life had been new.  Until…. SNOW! Sure, that may be old hat to you cold winter state folks, but to all of us in the Virginia Beach area, snow is practically unheard of.  We may get a ...

Published on Monday, January 13, 2014 by Katherine I stumbled upon Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead while surfing through movies on Netflix.  Documentary?  Why not… I’ll give it a go.  And then I was hooked.  By the end of the movie I was ready to race to the store to buy fruits and veggies for juicing.  A trip that was delayed for months. I’m not sure what made me finally bite the bullet and begin a juice fast.�...

Published on Monday, November 25, 2013 by Katherine With a voice low and soft, he whispered to me words of love, endearment and hope.  I could still see his dark eyes, the same ones I looked at 30 years ago.  Oblivious to the traffic around me, I remained focused in the past…. breathing quick and shallow breaths. That was all before 8 this morning. So how did you start YOUR day? Please.  Let me step back 24 hou...

Published on Wednesday, October 30, 2013 by Katherine I am happy to be participating in A ‘lil Hoohaa’s monthly photo challenge, with October’s theme being “Fall.”  We will NOT be discussing how I tried to get a good shot of vanilla tootsie rolls falling, so don’t even ask.  And anyway, I ate them all.  Quickly.  Without guilt.  After all, you can only get them this time of year! It was hard for me to c...

Published on Thursday, October 24, 2013 by Katherine I drank a cup before I noticed the water jug’s label.  First, a bite of sandwich.  Then a sip of water.  “Hmmmm, the water is a bit stale tasting. Weird.”  No matter, I only had a few minutes to chug down my lunch, so chug and sip I did. It wasn’t until I finished my water that I noticed the label on the water jug.  And then I understood. Is it me, or...

Published on Monday, October 21, 2013 by Katherine Sometimes when I see an angry sign telling me not to do something, I do it JUST BECAUSE.   "Oh wow look at that sign! Girls!  Grab a ball and throw it so I can take a picture!" So I ask you… if I encourage this bad behavior in my children, am I a bad mother?...

Published on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 by Katherine Remember my wonderful amazing neighbor who recently moved to NY due to her husband's orders?  The one I miss so much it HURTS???  Well, she wrote today's post.  I love her style just as much as I love her! My Journey to run for Camp Hole in the wall and the NYC Marathon Hi!  My name is Heather and I am hijacking…… I mean borrowing my neighbors’ blog to t...

Published on Saturday, September 14, 2013 by Katherine Ziva and Mike have asked the crazy folk in this photo challenge to represent "NSFW" today.  Oh that is EASY.  If you know me well, I bet you can even guess. Me and a pair of scissors.  DEFINITELY not safe for work! ...

Published on Sunday, April 28, 2013 by Katherine I can’t tell you how many times I thought his name meant something beyond my own comprehension. After all, he was named after a Greek god, wasn’t he?  Some great figure, comparable to Zeus or Poseidon. The word just rolls off your tongue in an elegant fashion…. Say it with me…. No-Na-Med-U-Fus.  Royal music to my ears. And then I got it. NO NAME DUFUS...

Published on Sunday, March 17, 2013 by Katherine “Mom, do I look cute?” my daughter asked as she studied herself in the full-length mirror.  “Yes, you do look cute.  But honey, it really won’t matter how you look.  We will be in a building full of nothing but nerdy women.” (Turns out… I was wrong!) Soon after, we were on the road with grandma and a friend for the 27th Annual Virginia Beach Spring Cr...

Published on Sunday, March 10, 2013 by Katherine “Mom?  Can we get some duct tape?  Everyone is making things out of duct tape.  Flowers… bows… all kinds of stuff.” And so it began.  A trip to Home Depot.  To Target.  And to Lowes. Sadly, we could not find camo duct tape.  But we will keep looking.  What we DID find was Justin Bieber duct tape.  Which was turned down IMMEDIATELY.  I guess you c...