I miss you, little blog, but summer is kicking my butt. Well, summer plus having my husband on the other side of the world (New Zealand) for a week. It seems I wake up with the kids and go to sleep with the kids. We’ve had a lot of fun so far, but I’d be [...]
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A Time of One’s Own
Posted in Entertaining, Family, Friendship, Summer, Travel, tagged Family, Rancho la Puerta, Spa, Summer, Travel on June 11, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Gratitude Sunday 10
Posted in Family, Friendship, Gratitude Sunday, Parenting, tagged Children, Fathers, Friends, Gratitude Sunday, Mother's Day, Motherhood, Mothers on May 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This being Mother’s Day, I am compelled to dedicate this Gratitude Sunday post to my children and my mother. Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there!! In honor, I slipped in a few extra “motherhood” gratitude quotes. Quotes on Gratitude for Mothers “A mother is the truest friend we have, when trials, heavy [...]
Bye Bye Frito Pie
Posted in Cooking, Entertaining, Friendship, Recipes, tagged Comfort Food, Cooking, Entertaining, Friendship, Frito Pie, Fritos, Penzeys, Recipes, Slow Cooker on March 16, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Phil and I both love to cook, and we like to think of ourselves as foodies. However, when it came time to plan a menu for a get-together we hosted on Sunday made up of families with young children, I decided to go a different route and select something that would be yummy for both [...]
“You Failed Yourself”
Posted in Childhood, Family, Friendship, Parenting, tagged Childhood, Family, Friendship, Parenting on March 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
One of my best friends (call her Abby) is a high school teacher. Not an easy job. Abby is the mother of two tween girls. Also not an easy job. Whenever we talk or get together, I’m like a sponge trying to soak up as much of her wisdom as possible. She is a terrific [...]
The Margareaders
Posted in Book Club, Books, Friendship, tagged Book Club, Books, Civil Rights Movement, Friendship, Jr., Louis Farrakhan, Margaritas, Martin Luther King, Medgar Evars, Mississippi, Wine on February 21, 2010 | 4 Comments »
That is the name of my brand new book club, a club that combines three of my favorite things: female friendship, books and booze (in that order). One of the book club members came up with the name Margareaders (brilliant!), so one of our “club rules” is that we must have margaritas available for every [...]
A New Lenten Practice
Posted in Friendship, Holidays, Spirituality, Volunteer/Community, tagged Easter, Giving, Lent, Spirituality on February 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Like many people, my spiritual journey has been (and still is) a long and twisted one rather than a straight path. Part of that journey included attending Catholic school from 1st-7th grade. After Advent (the weeks leading up to Christmas), Lent was my favorite season. A psychologist probably could have pegged my love of Lent [...]
I Heart You
Posted in Friendship, Holidays, Works in Progress, Writing, tagged Friendship, Valentine's Day, Writing on February 12, 2010 | 5 Comments »
With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, I’m using this post to send some blog love out to all of you who have given me a read over the past three months. In The Beginning, my goal for the blog was to get myself writing every day (or close to). I knew I would enjoy the writing, [...]
