Although my concern for the welfare of Planet Earth ranges somewhere between “hardly at all” and “very little”,  I try to do my part.  I recycle what I can, although my garbage company is from the Stone Age–they don’t recycle paper or cardboard (I know!).  Mostly I do these things out of peer pressure.  I’m […]

Although my concern for the welfare of Planet Earth ranges somewhere between “hardly at all” and “very little”,  I try to do my part.  I recycle what I can, although my garbage company is from the Stone Age–they don’t recycle paper or cardboard (I know!).  Mostly I do these things out of peer pressure.  I’m […]

If you were to spend the weekend in Dallas doing this: And came home to find this sitting next to your sink, what would you do?  Would you figure that the babysitter bought some sort of weird potatoes to feed to your kids?  And then would you pick it up to examine it closer? That […]

I’m over at Segullah today waxing philosophical.  And reading what I wrote made me cry.  Seriously. P.S. My sister is on her way here as we speak (OK, we’re not speaking, but you know what I’m saying.  Only I’m not actually saying it.  Oh, come on!  You know what I mean.)  I’m just really, really excited. […]

This sweet little baby turned nine today. Arabella Claire was my favorite birth ever; five hours from start to finish (my fastest), a kick-A epidural, and she was one of the few babies that I didn’t know ahead of time what gender she was (sometimes I like to know and sometimes I like a surprise. […]

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 […]

Although my concern for the welfare of Planet Earth ranges somewhere between “hardly at all” and “very little”,  I try to do my part.  I recycle what I can, although my garbage company is from the Stone Age–they don’t recycle paper or cardboard (I know!).  Mostly I do these things out of peer pressure.  I’m […]

I’m over at Segullah today waxing philosophical.  And reading what I wrote made me cry.  Seriously. P.S. My sister is on her way here as we speak (OK, we’re not speaking, but you know what I’m saying.  Only I’m not actually saying it.  Oh, come on!  You know what I mean.)  I’m just really, really excited. […]

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 […]

If you were to spend the weekend in Dallas doing this: And came home to find this sitting next to your sink, what would you do?  Would you figure that the babysitter bought some sort of weird potatoes to feed to your kids?  And then would you pick it up to examine it closer? That […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Y’all, I still don’t have a computer. I can fight the kids to use the playroom computer, but mostly I’m limited to using my iphone. Blogging on an iphone is somewhere between maddening and suicide-inducing. I can’t believe I’m not blogging about the Olympics! It’s been a frustrating ten days because not only do I […]