Carpool Goddess

What’s On My Bookshelf – Wordless Wednesday

If I can pull myself away from the lure of the computer or if there’s a power outage. Whichever comes first. What’s on your bookshelf?

College Moms Share Their Empty Nest Stories – The Good, The Bad, And The Laundry

Not long ago, when I had a freshman in college and a sophomore in high school, the reality of becoming an empty nester was looming. I had no idea what living in an empty nest would be like. After years of stay-at-home-mothering, filled with action-packed days and nights, grocery shopping, school volunteering, chauffeuring, and laundry, […]

What The Heck Was I Thinking: A Fauxmoir

I’m not really writing a memoir, but if I did, these could very well be the chapter titles. Once again, I’m joining North West Mommy and her posse for their Monday Listicles. This week’s topic is 10 Chapters in a Book About Me. Here are the chapter titles of my fauxmoir, “What The Heck Was […]

Wordless Wednesday: Sitting Pretty

It’s spring time and everyone wants to feel pretty. Even a Mercedes. The eyelashes add a little extra something. Don’t you think?

Farewell, My Uterus

They say you never really appreciate something until it’s gone, and well…I miss you. Sort of. It’s complicated. It’s been almost three years, and I never gave you the proper goodbye you deserved. Yes, we had our disagreements. Clearly we had our struggles. But we also had history. And, twice, yes twice, we made beautiful […]

Wordless Wednesday: Wanna Ride?

I wonder how many chose the camel?

Aging Gracefully? Oh, Hell No!

In a few short months I have a birthday coming up. No, it’s not the big one. But, I’m getting so close I can almost feel it’s hot breath whispering in my ear. I am holding onto my 40’s by a thread. When the day comes that I do turn 50 – I mean 49+1 […]

10 Things That Smell Good

There are some scents that take us back in time and remind us of loved ones, special memories, and places we’ve been. Here are ten of my favorites: 1. Freshly cut lemons. Happy and fresh. 2. Babies anytime, but especially after a bath, nestled in your arms. 3. Coffee brewing in the morning. Heaven. 4. […]

Fear of Flying: Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight. Yeah, right!

Sitting at 36,000 feet above ground is not my favorite place to be. It takes a lot to get me airborne. The twenty-four hours before any flight is filled with tremendous anxiety and a need to finish every project ever imagined. I’m like a whirling dervish, coordinating and packing my tiny carry-on at the very […]