Digging Out of the Talking-Trap

Posted on April 25, 2016 by Deirdre Maloney

I fell into a trap recently. A talking-trap. A guy-who-wouldn’t-stop-talking-to-me-no-matter-what-I-did trap. It happened while Hubbie and I were vacationing in a rented RV up in the wine country. It turns out the small-ish living space inside the RV had nothing on the teensy space outside of it. Case and point? Here’s a photo of our RV. Right next to ...

The Truth About Your Stuck-ness

Posted on February 2, 2016 by Deirdre Maloney

So…you may have missed it, but we recently passed through another holiday. Groundhog Day. It’s a funny little holiday with a funny little tradition, involving - some might say - a funny little animal. While most of us don't get too caught up in Groundhog Day, many of us do remember the famous Groundhog Day movie, where Bill Murray plays a guy wh...

Your Critical Choice for the New Year

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Deirdre Maloney

Well, the days leading into this fine new year had a bit of an unexpected flavor. I present to you two different scenarios, and invite you to figure out which one is true. Scenario #1 Just as we were getting down to the holiday, I pushed my body to the point where I caught a nasty head cold. It began right after Christmas and slowly eased into my c...

When Frustration Hits…Ask Yourself This

Posted on November 16, 2015November 17, 2015 by Deirdre Maloney

Recently I found myself engaging in an annoying pattern of behavior. In just the past two weeks there have been several instances when I’ve tried to open a package of some kind. Once it was a hotel bar of soap. Once it was a packet of Vitamin C. Once it was a bag of airplane peanuts. All three times I’ve attacked the package. I’ve tried to pull it apar...

How to Lighten Your REAL Load

Posted on October 26, 2015 by Deirdre Maloney

Today finds me writing my blog not from my home state of California…but from my original home state of New York. How do I know I’m in the Empire State? The stores are filled with this… ...and the guys wear hats like this (and smile like this)… The thing that brought me to the east coast this time? A visit with family and friends. Trips ba...

8 Things to Do (and Not Do) When Things Go Foul

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Deirdre Maloney

So, it’s been a foul week. Things just haven’t gone as planned…unexpected tax bills and gross flu symptoms and canceled projects and back-pain that’s led to sleepless nights. They’ve all happened this week. The kicker? My beloved Jeep, the topic of more than a few recent posts, sent a signal that its own foul-ness might not be over… (Am I the on...