Miss SugarCookie

2022-02-08 SMA Road Trip Day 2: Making it (almost) to the Mountains ⛰

We’ve spent a lot of time in the car at this point. On Monday morning I woke with a serious hangover but time waits for no SugarCookie so we had to scoot out of Nashville and on down the road to the mountains. The Smokey Mountains to be exact. Before we left town we drove…

February 10, 2022
2022-02-07 SMA Road Trip Day 1: Sometimes Life is About the Destination

Yesterday was the first full day traveling. We woke up in O’Fallon Illinois and headed east and south through Kentucky and into Tennessee. Yes… we did stop at Starbucks for a coffee before skipping out of O’Fallon. Thankfully we did not have as tight of a timeline to reach our destination as the day before.…

February 7, 2022
2022-02-06 SMA Road Trip Day 0 Continued: The St. Louis Arch

Yesterday we had to push real hard to make our 4:30 ticket time at the Saint Louis arch. We planned to leave home around 9 but became delayed, as is often the case, with all the last minute stuff at the house. I was supremely disappointed as we got on the road and was told…

February 6, 2022
2022-02-05 SMA Road Trip Day 0: Ready, Set, Go!… 💃

Today my love and I are skipping out of this popsicle town. Our bags are packed. Our minds are right (mostly) and we have 7 hours to make it to our first stop, Saint Louis, for our 4:30 Arch tour. I had a shit night sleep mostly because I was up late with said packing…

February 5, 2022
2022-02-04 Checking In and Checking Out… ✅

We’re one month into 2022 and it’s a good day to check in on those goals and resolutions. 10 items on my list and 10 things to report on… Read a book a month. Unless you count the winter issue of Rattle, this was a total fail. ❌. I think my problem is not having…

February 4, 2022
2022-02-03 I Need to Write This

When I say I need to write this, what I mean is that I need to try and work through my thoughts and feelings. I need to come to terms with what’s happened, document my perspective for posterity, and try to find some internal resolution and peace. That’s what this is. Yesterday I had a…

February 3, 2022
2022-02-02 Let’s Do the Time Warp Again…

Time warp? Where to? How about oh-two, oh-two, two-oh, two-oh? It’s not too far. Only two years away. Only two years away? You don’t say! Yes, Two years from this day was the day little Miss SugarCookie finally got her way. Which makes today… her two year anniversary!! That’s right people. I’m celebrating my 2…

February 2, 2022
2022-01-28 Giving Birth is Hard Work, Especially When You’re Distracted

I’m pushing hard to get that next “baby” of an issue for my lit mag out into the wide world. This one has a big head. It’s what’s on my mind and I keep getting distracted by the rest of life. My husband is off work today which started at 6:30 am with a work…

January 28, 2022