Bridgewater Soccer Mom's view of the world

New Year Begins with Plenty to Do and Here's How to Do It (Or Not) Yesterday's Cardio = Shoveling Our guests left weeks ago, yet 2015 has hit me hard. My workday and the pressure of "women can (read: should) have it all " continues to challenge me. More than my 9 hours at the office, plus 3+ hour commute and coming home to a messy kitchen needing to be used to make dinner (you know the drill: gotta get the clean dishes out of the dishwasher, before you can put the dirty dishes in, wipe down the space to prep dinner only to make more mess cooking, rinse and repeat), it's the outside world permeating in my thin skin: world news of hostility in so many places I've lost count, domestic politics (don't get me started), unfinished business of 2014 that everyone seems to have forgotten (e.g: where the hell are those Nigerian girls ???) and stressful undertones in the home I share with my husband and two sometimes-moody teenagers. January is the most stre...

Look Familiar? If you're like me, your New Years resolutions last about as long as your dying Christmas tree. With every passing day more needles fall off and eventually you have to admit defeat and hide the body (aka the dead tree or my 16-pack abs). The same goes with my resolutions. Out of sight by Epiphany. This year I'm not making any resolutions. I have more than enough on my plate. All I want to do for my 2015 resolution (and God help me if I'm cursing myself just by writing it down, AND hitting publish) is very simple: FINISH WHAT I START! Even this, is just an echo of the Ghost of Resolutions past . "Live more simply"? Ha - since that blog was posted I went back to full time work and changed jobs to one with a 1 hour 40 minute (on a good day, each way) commute. I don't live life simply, I don't think I can. But finish what I start - why does that scare the hell out of me? Finish a book before starting another. Send my Christmas cards ...