Hacker Widow

For years, our favorite place in the world to visit has been San Luis Obispo, CA. We were first introduced to this wonderful city when we stayed at the Apple Farm. This lead us to the actual exploration of the city itself. We have walked Monterey and Higuera more times than I can count. We [...]

This day is definitely bitter sweet. It is a day that I’ve been looking forward to for about a year. I had hit burn out pretty badly after 9 years as a Behavior Aide and had decided to take a year off. Then 4 weeks ago, God sent our life into warp drive! Rob has [...]

Ok, I admit it, I’m having a mid-life crisis. Who’d of thought! It’s still hard for me to believe. I sit at work or at home and feel restless. I feel like there’s something else I should be doing. Something that will be more meaningful, more fulfilling, more helpful, more memorable, more enjoyable… It has [...]

So on a Friday night in April, I partied with a bunch of wild ladies up in Fresno. Actually it was national scrapbook day, but it was still fun. I basically went so I could try to get some new ideas to finish the 3 albums I have left to do. What I mean by [...]

A couple weeks ago, we took a day trip to San Luis Obispo. This is one of our favorite places to hang out. On the way, we were amazed by the wildflowers that were bursting out everywhere. These were in the hills right outside of Paso Robles. You can’t make out the purple, but the [...]

I went to visit my Dad today. He lives in an Assisted Living Facility’s Alzheimer’s unit.He’s had quite a lot of funny experienced in there, I’ll write more on those later. Today was not a funny day. Today was not a good day. Today was a day when he was incoherent, tired, and restless. Today [...]

After the fun of making goodies and decorating eggs we will continue on to the main event…DINNER!! Can you tell we’re dieting?? LOL. Anyway, we were in for a major treat this year. Our oldest daughter can up during her spring break and wanted to show off her culinary talent. See that intense look? She’s [...]

Friday was my last day of work for two weeks. I looovveeee Spring Break! We decided to celebrate by driving to San Luis Obispo for the day. So, I got home at 11:00 and waited for my daughter to get out of class. My hubby informs me that my new mac was in route and [...]

I am a Special Behavior Aide. This means that I help children with “special needs” transition into the mainstream classroom. I am going on my tenth year doing this. Believe me, it sounds WAY more glamorous than it actually is. Basically, I help children acquire the skills needed to be able to learn alongside their [...]

Have you ever noticed that our personal coffee mugs to reflect our personalities? Or at least, peoples ideas of what we are like? Come on.. admit it… when you hit the souvenir shop, you tend to gravitate towards a certain type of mug. While it may state “Seattle”, or “Tahoe”, it will have some kind [...]