I just got back from taking my kids to the zoo. This is all I have to say . . . Texas is hot. The end. By Hildie | Filed under Family, Kids, Texas 9 Comments Share Oh my gosh, I just realized that today–yes today–is my one year anniversary of blogging! Haven’t my faithful […]
Just a little note to tell you that I am officially worn out. This is the last week before school starts and I am running on fumes. Thus, I probably won’t be blogging much. I probably will once school is up and running and I have my life purring along.… Read More Pardon me for being […]
Pardon me for being a bit absentee this week but we’ve been potty training over the last few days. It dawned on me that Jasper will be starting preschool in a few weeks so we need to get down to business. I haven’t been in much of a hurry because this is my baby we’re […]
I got our electric bill for July yesterday. $516.45 That’s how much it costs to run an air conditioner non-stop in 100º weather, in case you were wondering. (Nighttime gets down to a chilly 85º, so when I say nonstop, I mean it.) I need some solar panels pronto (Call… Read More Can you believe I […]
If you are reading this post it’s probably because you just found a louse in your child’s hair (or your own! Yuuuck!) or even worse, the school nurse just did. Please take a deep breath. When I found a louse in my hair I felt like setting my head on fire and running screaming down […]
I had the most exciting thing happen last night. It’s exciting for me, but not so thrilling for you. OK, let me backtrack. A few days ago I saw the most wonderful cake in a magazine. This cake looked so good, but I couldn’t think of an excuse to make… Read More My friend Courtney and […]
It’s Christmas Eve and I just finished making two Texas Sheet Cakes* to take to dinner at our friends’ house tonight. We will, of course, be eating BBQ. Because we eat BBQ for every special occasion in Texas. I can’t even recall a church dinner that didn’t feature brisket. Not… Read More Have you noticed I […]
For years I noticed the Sonia Kashuk line at Target (my second home). But because I was silly and picky about makeup I never tried any of it. But one day a couple of years ago I happened to notice that the Sonia Kashuk mascara had a built in eyelash… Read More To celebrate the festivities […]
At church we are doing a “friendship week”. Everyone who is interested is given a secret family similar to theirs (in other words, some little old widow isn’t going to get stuck with us and our six kids) that they are to do nice things for all week (“nice things”… Read More What is it this […]
When my husband and I decided to move to Austin a few years ago we did what most everybody does; we flew down ahead of time and looked for a house. Let’s just get one thing out of the way first: I’m super, duper, incredibly picky about houses. One reason… Read More I have this plain […]
You know what’s nice about Texas? Strawberry season starts in March. It’s been Spring Break this week and our big outing was driving over an hour to Sweet Berry Farm in Marble Falls. (“Forget Disneyworld, kids, we’re going to pick strawberries in the middle of nowhere!”) You’ve got to get… Read More While I do like […]
I came back last night from my weekend in Minneapolis to find that my husband, one of the most vigilant cat haters alive, had gotten this while I was gone: The kids have been bugging to get a cat for ages. We already have a dog, though, which is at… Read More There is a pony […]
One of my favorite things to obsess about is the end of the world/flu pandemic/EMP*. I love, love, love preparedness! But I have been letting my food storage and preparedness dwindle lately. I’m so ashamed! I have people ask me all the time to start up my “item of the… Read More Last Friday I was […]
The last day of vacation is always so sad. How does time go so fast? How did we leave so many things unseen? There were so many places I wanted to see that we simply couldn’t fit in. That just means we’ll have to come back again. Here are a… Read More My British accent is […]