salado, texas doesn’t fail to impress…with it’s rocky hillsides; twinkly lit old houses turned gift shops lining the town’s main street; and deer that come out in record numbers at dusk to feed. they know that they have nothing to fear here…for they are as much a part of this small texas town as the […]

salado, texas doesn’t fail to impress…with it’s rocky hillsides; twinkly lit old houses turned gift shops lining the town’s main street; and deer that come out in record numbers at dusk to feed.  they know that they have nothing to fear here…for they are as much a part of this small texas town as the […]

i can’t do anything half-way.  it doesn’t matter what it is…half way is never sufficient.   this drives chad crazy.  half way is okay with him.  preferred, even.  half way means more gets accomplished.  and time is not wasted on things that…seemingly…don’t matter.  like cotton ball snowman crafts.  or perfectly tied ribbons on wreaths.  or […]

chad’s mom has been here from iowa all week.  she’s not one for pictures, that one.  and although life could not stop, unfortunately, when she got here…we did have 2 different mornings that we just huddled in the living room, lit only by the sweet sun streaming in through the windows and the twinkly lights […]

annslee and i finally went back to the doctor two days ago.  she had a nasty ear infection and i had developed a wicked sinus infection.  so…$60 in office visit co-pays and $40 in prescriptions and 2 days later…we are finally starting to feel better.   there is nothing like being sick to make you […]

my little family is riding this virus out.  slowly but surely.   as one of us become vertical a little more, another goes down.   this morning it was annslee.   she woke up at 5 am with 103.7.     when you have been stuck in the house for as long as i have…you […]

i woke up on thursday with a sore throat.   it’s gone downhill from there.   i started running a substantial fever…and coughing up nastiness from my chest.  my throat felt like it had razor blades in it.  i’ve never been covered in so much vic’s vapor rub in all my life.     that’s a […]

i put make up on my eldest daughter for the first time last night.  she has never been in a dance recital…nor worn a costume that required anything more than kitten whiskers.   let me just tell you…   i was not prepared for that.   chase took one look at his little sister and […]

i had forgotten why i never ask chad to help with the pumpkin carving.   last year…i put him on research duty…finding the best pumpkin face ideas.   you know?  it’s kinda kin to the thanksgiving job of “putting ice in the classes” or “watching the rolls.”   you make them feel important…but you don’t […]

the weekend was quite the whirlwind.  i was remembering a time, when the kids were all toddlers…and i hated the weekend.  i thought they were boring.  chad was gone a lot.  there was nothing good on tv.  we didn’t have anywhere to go.  i longed for monday to roll back around.  because…then…at least i had […]