And Eleventy Billion More to Go

Posted on May 15, 2013 by metrospirit

Whatever we’ve been doing for 11 years, it works for us I have been married 11 years. Let me rephrase that. We have been married for 11 years. If you ask me (and I know you didn’t), that’s awesome. Strangely,…

Don’t Give Up

Posted on May 8, 2013 by metrospirit

Downtown is still a place worth visiting Wow. You people know how to freak out, that’s for sure. Because of the above statement, here’s the disclaimer. What happened to the victims of last Friday night’s beating was atrocious. I’m truly…

Creative Space

Posted on May 1, 2013 by metrospirit

Artspace seeking to help artists find affordable work-live environments Jenny Wright “Arts unite people,” Augusta Mayor Deke Copenhaver told a standing-room only crowd at Old Richmond Academy last week. This just after the commission voted an unheard of unanimous 10-0…

Allow Me

Posted on February 6, 2013 by metrospirit

Incentives are wonderful things The Boy has asked for an allowance. For about half of you, this will sound totally normal. When you were little, you got paid weekly for doing your chores. You made your bed, picked up your…

Travel Stories

Posted on September 7, 2012 by metrospirit

Driving back from DC would’ve been quicker than this plane ride Everyone has a travel story. It usually includes delays, sitting on runways, screaming children and bland airplane food. Her story isn’t nearly as traumatic as his story, and I…

15 in 5

Posted on August 17, 2012 by metrospirit

Because I love a list. Especially a random list. School is in! For the first time as a parent of school-aged children, I was excited to have them go back. I hate to say it, but it’s true. They picked…

As the Teen Years Approach

Posted on July 27, 2012 by metrospirit

Last week, I had the pleasure of traveling with 12 kids. It was different than traveling with my own. These were teenagers. Also, since I’m not their mom, none of them talked back a single time. We weren’t traveling as…

15 in 5

Posted on July 20, 2012 by metrospirit

Because I love a list. Especially a random list. 1. I’m writing from Ireland. It’s been rainy, but because it rains all the time, everything is green. It’s gorgeous. 2. Yesterday we visited some monastic ruins that date back…

Mind Your Own Business!

Posted on July 13, 2012 by metrospirit

Nothing says “It’s holiday time” like a family argument, right? Boy did we have one this Independence Day. It’s not what you think, though. I didn’t have anything to do with it, and we didn’t fight with each other. I…