HOA

"MUAHAHAH! We're evil trashcans here to stink up your hard, offend your sensibilities, and date your children! Fear us!"

Lately we’ve been having problems with our Homeowner’s Association. Oh, it started out reasonably enough. After we came through the winter, it was pretty obvious that the yard needed weeding and the wood fence needed to be replaced. It was a common topic between TK and I: “We need to do something or we’re going [...]

Making a change

I’ve been throwing myself a bit of a pity party for the last 4 months, and a few weeks back I realized I was annoying even myself. It isn’t that life is any harder than it always is – it’s just that I was in my head too much, overthinking and overblaming myself. And those [...]

Yard Sale

We had our annual family yard sale this weekend. We do it every year to raise some spending cash for DisneyWorld. I learned several things during the experience: – It’s too damn hot to have a yard sale in July in Texas. Seriously. I think I sweated in some new places. – It’s amazing how [...]

Snake

“What are you doing?” quizzed my husband, walking out the back door. It was a valid question. I was crouching on my deck chair, both feet underneath me. This was not my normal sitting position. In fact, it was really more of a great gargoyle imitation. “There’s a snake over there,” I said, pointing towards [...]

Rethinking my uh, “software”

my uncomfortable inspiration

Today I’m on the road, traveling to a church conference in Louisville, Kentucky. I think it’s important to take a little spiritual time-out every now and then. Plus last time I was in Kentucky, I was mistaken for a celebrity, and I did not disabuse those folks of that notion. Free drinks all night, score! [...]

Walgreens

loveubear

I stopped at Walgreens tonight to do some couponing before the deals expired on Sunday. Since I was all by myself (TK took the kids to go buy Valentine’s Cards at Walmart), I took my time. I walked the aisles, checking to see if there were any good coupon matchups or unadvertised deals. As I [...]

Thanksgiving

thanks

This morning, I woke up at 6:00 to start working on today’s feast. TK always gets very excited about our holiday traditions, and brining the turkey is one of those traditions. The night before, we mix up the brine, as a family, in the big cooler. We place the turkey in, cover it with ice, [...]

Baptism

Today was a big day for our family, and for the church. TK was baptized today. I won’t steal his thunder by telling his story of how he came to be immersed and reborn today. That’s his story to tell. What I will tell is what I felt. I felt awe. I felt love. I [...]

Cylinders

My parents are in town this weekend for a visit. After a long day of sightseeing and playing with the kids, I collapsed on the couch. “I don’t know how you do everything you do,” murmured my mother. “When I rest, I rest,” I said, “When I’m up, I go hard.” “Like today,” she said. [...]

Great Disney Memory #1

It wasn't Donald, let's just way that

I was talking to my friend Sunshine a few days ago about how much I loved DisneyWorld. It inspired me to write this story of one of my favorite Disney memories – which I will now share with you, on my lunch break. The year – 2006. This was our second family vacation at the [...]

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