Author Archives: gmayeaux

I haven’t been in school for 32 years. Somehow, however, the first day of school remains a key date in my life. Perhaps its because it’s 17 years of your first 22 years of life (more or less) that the Tuesday after Labor Day is such a big deal. Obviously, we all get socialized toContinue reading “Back to regular programming…”

We are currently finishing the renovations on our guest bathroom. After waiting three months for a proposed contractor to start our work and make sure it’s done by Oct. 4th, the contractor let us know that they would not be able to complete the job in time. Presumably, other jobs delayed them and at theContinue reading “Keep calm and reno on…”

Who would have thought that a big part of adult life would be deciding what is for dinner every night? Every. Single. Night. Now, don’t get me wrong: I actually love to cook and I love to be creative. Plus, I’m a big fan of “make-a-big-pot-and-eat-leftovers”. But generally, I need to confess: my creativity andContinue reading “Answering the call: what’s for dinner?”

It’s been said here before but this summer has been wonderfully wild. Graduations, weddings, bridal showers and big upcoming moves have meant this summer has swung from celebration to celebration. Not bad, particularly after last year. But, it’s time. As the calendar clicks into late August, it’s time. Yep, I’m ready for some routine. EverContinue reading “Back to routine”

Today, I’m canning with a friend. On the menu? Salsa, dilly beans, peach freezer jam and just possibly dill pickles. Not too shabby. Due to a low-tomato crop this year, I haven’t had the near-daily process of “squeezing and freezing” tomatoes from the garden. That meant… gulp… a trip to the farm market to (oh,Continue reading “Homesteadin’… yuppie style :)”

So, I am not already singing Christmas carols. And no, I’m not a parent looking ahead on the calendar to the start of the school year. Instead, I’m late summer-into-fall’s biggest fan. Yep. This is just the most wonderful time of the year. Normally around this time, I have a big cushion of hours soContinue reading “The most wonderful time of the year!”

One thing to know when you decide to head to the rural “beyond” for a quieter life: the roads have potholes. Seriously. This isn’t a metaphor. There is a reason we drive slow and weave all over the road. No, we’re not desperately trying to search for a cell signal so we can call civilizationContinue reading “My barely paved road.”

I’m all about girl power. I was a CEO and a darned good one at that. I financed my own lifestyle, including buying my own house and all of my renovations to that house. I planned and took fabulous vacations while a single girl and I knew that if I never found “the one” thatContinue reading “The myth of “girl power””

It’s been a summer of graduations and weddings. And now, perhaps the greatest celebration of all: my niece and her husband are coming home. There is just something about the late summer months and the idea of family returning home that is incredibly affirming to me. A year ago at this time, we were dealingContinue reading “Coming home.”

Over two years ago when I started this blog, I wanted to catalog my life as I learned to be the new me – a woman who stepped away from a very demanding professional life to instead live out a women’s fiction novel: happy working part-time at a cool job with a great husband, aContinue reading “Back from the beyond…”