Back in February, it got really cold here in Texas. Don’t roll your eyes! It was actually 13º one morning. Because of the temps, most of the state did rolling blackouts to keep up with the power demands. I didn’t know this and was completely disconcerted to be right in the middle of making breakfast […]
There is a certain bliss when your children are all in school: the peace, the quiet, the cleanliness of the house that lasts for hours, not seconds. I would never for one second use the word “lonely” to describe myself while my kids are gone. But this week I have been lonely. Mister, who has […]
I noticed this ad on some site I was visiting and it caught my eye. It’s distasteful on so many levels. Obama has asked mothers to go back to school? Really? I don’t recall hearing that anywhere. And why are we supposed to be going back to school? So we can try to find employment […]
I can get lots of cool things here in Austin, but one thing I can’t get is Mast Brothers Chocolate. So I am telling you about something that I’ve never actually eaten. Despite that little detail, I am very in love. These bars had me at hello. Look at these beauties! I went to the […]
Back in February, it got really cold here in Texas. Don’t roll your eyes! It was actually 13º one morning. Because of the temps, most of the state did rolling blackouts to keep up with the power demands. I didn’t know this and was completely disconcerted to be right in the middle of making breakfast […]
Still on vacation. But I don’t want you to think I’ve forgotten about you. Some random pics: Let’s hear it for a laptop loaded with episodes of Speed Racer and Scooby Doo! No self-respecting child would dare look away. So I’m on a ski lift, big deal. It is a big deal because I’m terrified […]
Today is our school’s Homecoming. The football game is this evening and the dance is tomorrow. The game is, obviously, the big deal but there’s another big deal: the Homecoming Mum. That’s mum as in Chrysanthemum, not mum as in mother. It’s basically a Corsage of Insanity. They’re a tradition all over Texas but not […]
(This picture captures her personality perfectly) My mother, known by the grandkids as “Boppie”, just left after a two week visit. She spent a lot of her time doing this: (otherwise known as finishing up my sewing projects. Although during this visit I think she was stuck making a couple of Halloween costumes.) She is well […]
Awww, look at India with her new car. “New” car, I should say. It’s a Toyota Corolla that is ten years old but does not have a dent or ding anywhere. She has had it for not quite two weeks. Let me digress right here to tell you about my greatest weakness in life: the […]
Today is one of those days of mothering penance. A day to pay the piper. In other words, my day to chaperone Cub Scout Camp. Forecast: 99º and sunny (That’s 37º Celsius, my European friends) I have no tolerance for heat. And direct sunlight just about kills me. Sure I can survive a jaunt across […]
OK, so it’s only one girl. And it’s not exactly the dress Maria von Trapp was enivisioning. But here is sweet little Ada amongst the bluebonnets. She turns eight on Sunday and this is the dress she’ll wear to the baptism (not during the actual baptism because it’s blue and she has to wear white […]
Still on vacation. But I don’t want you to think I’ve forgotten about you. Some random pics: Let’s hear it for a laptop loaded with episodes of Speed Racer and Scooby Doo! No self-respecting child would dare look away. So I’m on a ski lift, big deal. It is a big deal because I’m terrified […]
As you know, Arabella turned eight last week. Normally that would mean she’s getting baptized soon*, but we’ve decided to wait until we go to Utah in July so that her family and best friend will be able to attend. This leaves me a couple more months to find the perfect baptism dress. I have […]
As you know, Arabella turned eight last week. Normally that would mean she’s getting baptized soon*, but we’ve decided to wait until we go to Utah in July so that her family and best friend will be able to attend. This leaves me a couple more months to find the perfect baptism dress. I have […]