Into Every Life…
A little rain must fall and the fashion must follow first rain in months and while it didn’t last long, the kids made the most of it.
Hurricane Season
In honor of the official First Day of Hurricane Season and Southern Spirit, I’m re-posting The Cone of Uncertainty, one of my favorite posts. It’s a tribute to all who live in this beautiful, yet dangerous area and to all who’ve been affected by Natural Disasters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southern is more than geography, it’s a…
The Cone of Uncertainty
Southern is more than geography, it’s a lifestyle, it’s in the beat of our hearts, the soft lilt in our words; it’s in the traditions of cotillion and bunco, of cowboy boots and front porch swings, of moonshine and moonpies.
Birthday Sunrise
Not a bad way to wake up on your birthday. Wordless Wednesdays
Tiny Drops of Hope
I ran to snap this picture after a brief bit of ran the other day. We are in a D4 level drought. They’re calling it an exceptional drought. Exceptional has such positive connotations, I would call it a devastating drought. We have had a shade over 1″ of rain in 2009. Everything is dying, brown…
I Don’t Like Ike
I had this whole post planned for today. It was all about how excited I am to go have a chick flick night with my friend on Friday. I never get to see the movies in the theater. The last one I saw in a theater was Transformers. I have two tickets to go see…
They Slide, They Bounce and She Speaks: Haiku Friday
A bouncing Monkeylittle feet slipping, slidingToddler nirvana [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIKQ8vRigBk&hl=en&fs=1] In College Station there’s this fabulous place called ‘The Bounce’. It is 12,500 square feet of Bounce Houses and Inflatable Slides and Rock Walls. In other words, kid Heaven. If you happen to be in that area… Monkey and Princess and I give it a HUGE thumbs…
Princess strikes again or Home Again Home Again, Jiggity Jig
Let’s set the scene shall we: We arrived home around 7:45 P.M. yesterday. Ahhh the sweet glorious bliss that is home. Mom, Dad, I love y’all but it is so good to be home! Around 9:30 Shut up, I know. It’s going to take me a week to get back to 8:00 bed times. Nathan…
Wisdom and Wonder and Dolly
Princess is an amazing little creature. I alternate between wanting to pull her hair out and wanting to cuddle her and tell her she’s the most amazing person I’ve ever known.We’re up here in Bryan visiting my family. Granny, the family matriarch, the heart and wicked humor center of the family is declining. She is…
Wisdom and Wonder and Dolly
Princess is an amazing little creature. I alternate between wanting to pull her hair out and wanting to cuddle her and tell her she’s the most amazing person I’ve ever known.We’re up here in Bryan visiting my family. Granny, the family matriarch, the heart and wicked humor center of the family is declining. She is…
700, A Rookie Mistake, Vegas and Dolly
700, Seven Hundred, 7-0-0! Unfortunately that is not what I won in Vegas, let’s say I broke even, K. That is the number of unread posts in my reader. Y’all, I love ya but hell no. The following post has been written during a period of sheer exhaustion. It is probably not coherent, definitely not…
I fought the yard, and I won
So the fabulous ladies over at 5 Minutes For Mom host this terrific meme movement every Tuesday called Tackle It Tuesday. I’ve never participated before, and I thought this week was the perfect time to start.I tackled (with hubby’s help) our backyard this past Friday.The Weeds, the overgrown grass, the spiderwebs and lots of dead…