How Motherhood Is Like Working Retail

I could say that motherhood is like working retail because of… …the long hours… …the irregular shifts… …being on your feet all day… …how...

Wordless Wednesday: January 2012, In Pictures #instagram366

{I did it! A month’s worth of pictures! If I don’t manage another month of the #instagram366 project, I feel I at least accomplished something by getting this under my belt. Are...

Sea World San Antonio at Christmastime

The week after Christmas, the kids were anxious to get out on an adventure. Realizing that our Sea World San Antonio passes would expire at the end of the year, we decided to take a very...

Blasting Into the New Year, Texas Style

If you’re ringing in the New Year in Texas, you’re going to see some fireworks. The first year we lived here, I admit, we were bewildered by it. But by the second year,...

{How I Wish I Were Going} Home for the Holidays

Another Christmas in Texas. Another holiday without family. To be fair, we missed a lot of holidays with West Coast family even when we were living in Oregon, but still. Living in Texas may...

Holidays without Family: Relaxing or….Boring?

Among all the things we considered when moving from Oregon to Texas, we never fully recognized how hard it would be to come home and visit. Isn’t that odd? We were focused on what the...

I’m Too Young To Have a Child This Old

It happens often when I mention my 17yo daughter to a stranger or someone I’m just getting to know, they ask in genuine surprise, “Are you old enough to have a senior in high...

Life’s Messy Moments

A post over at SITS Girls this week asks the question “Got a Messy Moment?” Um…yeahhhhh. But I’m not sure they’re even classified as “moments”...