Feburary is pretty much the most craziest month for me. Still on going and everything. So far what's happen was that the peole I'm helping out who I blogged before this is what happen. basically they got kicked out beause the daughter is kind of crazy 12 year old. But for to be kicked out and no whe...

"These are the good ol' days," I thoughtAs sun invited a late winter's walk.A soccer ball in his hand, a leash in mine,He slipped his free arm around my waistto emphasize sweet declaration:"It doesn't get much better than a walk with your mom,"And I thought, "Liar!" but in that moment he meant it,So...

{did a family trip to McKinney Falls State Park this weekend} The last few days have been pretty good around here.  The l-i-c-e seem to have departed again (love the magic comb, by the way, and haven't needed to use the magic potions yet) and I've been able to make some progress on oth...

It's been a long day. I had a Texas Sheet Cake fiasco starting with having what appear to be oddly sized pans in my house thus none were the right size for the cake which led to the great frosting-drip of 2008. Meaning the frosting was dripping off of every imaginable side of the pan, all over the c...

We conclude Mom Week with my chat with Tracey Gaughran-Perez (it's pronounced "GAH-ran, BTW), aka Sweetney . Sweetney is a blogger's blogger; along with her killer personal site, she runs the show over at MamaPop and also co-runs We Covet , which my wife is not allowed to read. I had proposed a...

I'm a lucky girl.Somehow between the two of us, , we came up with this and I've never been happier.Ryan is a really great father, so tender and loving.  And we've discovered he does a great night shift at the hospital.  He works hard to provide for his family and loves to see...

She had been waiting two years, three months to eat corn on the cob.  Two weeks before her braces were scheduled to be removed, she asked if she could eat on our red "Special Plate".  Had she not thought of it, I would have surprised her with it at her seat.  After all, from...

It doesn't take Jedi mind tricks to persuade me; you might just say I'm easily influenced if I think your perspective has merit. This weekend, we entertained some of our oldest friends from South Carolina.  It has been years since we spent substantive time together, and in that twinkling their ...

My back is turned to him, but I hear his steps as he approaches. Without turning to look at him, he says, "Mom, can you tie this?". I'm in the middle of a cleaning frenzy--company's coming tomorrow, friends we haven't seen in years, and I want them to sense how welcome they are by everythi...

From Lauren, last week, as we drove through an older part of the city where the flowering trees were just beginning to be so pretty: "Oh! The trees are about to open up with beauty!" So sweet. Her observations about the world around her are one of the many things I love about my seven year old. From...