I am so dog tired I can barely keep my eyes open. The thing is that we are headed to a state park in the boonies this weekend, so I feel like if I don’t update the blog tonight, it will be Monday before I get another chance! Do you think I can actually go a whole weekend unplugged?? ha! Of course I can! Just look at these four little diversions that I have. I’ll be lucky just to get […]
» Read moreIt has been a pleasure to see my little boys having a true “Alabama summer” this year. They’ve always spent a couple of weeks per summer here, but this year, when it’s all said and done, they will have spent one week shy of two full months!! The funny thing is that our version of an Alabama summer looks a whole lot different than what a “Yankee” may envision. Now I mean no ill-will towards our friends from other regions. […]
» Read moreI just spent an hour typing out a blog post that I was unusually happy with. I thought my computer was plugged in and all was well. It wasn’t. I thought, “No big deal. It automatically saves…..” It didn’t. You will be happy to know that I did not panic. I felt sad, but I internalized all of my bad feelings rather than annoy anyone by “venting” my frustration. That’s right. You can look for an April explosion from this […]
» Read moreJD’s first move— He seems to be having a pretty good time. Today Alan and I kissed our children good-bye and set back out–alone this time–on our big cross-country road trip. It’s really been fun so far. Over the last few days I have gotten to visit both sides of our families, swim in the backyard pool with my two oldest boys, celebrate JD’s first birthday, visit a Pioneer Museum in Alabama, and even revisit the University of Alabama campus, […]
» Read moreThis year was, by far, the most fun I have ever had on Mother’s Day, as a mom. It wasn’t that I did anything special. I somehow didn’t even manage to get in my regular Sunday nap. (How did that happen??) The thing was that I just had so much fun with my precious family. Alan took them to town on Saturday and let them pick out my gifts. His store of choice: Five and Below. Sounds like a recipe […]
» Read moreRemember last Easter, when I was about 7 months pregnant and I totally forgot to prepare for Easter? I joked that I had fallen very short of the “golden Baptist standard of Easter Sunday.” Well, boo-yah!!! Look who planned ahead this year!!!!! Are those MATCHING outfits??? Why,yes, they are! We’ve come a long way, baby. (For a refresher on last Easter, just click here.) (ahem…..that is a joke. Easter is not about clothing, of course….sometimes it may feel like […]
» Read moreTa-daaaa! I have been nominated for my very first award since moving the blog to Stories of our Boys, just a month ago. Hurray! A big thank you to Naptime Thoughts, an awesome and wicked-funny blogger, for nominating me! I am tickled pink. So these awards have RULES, and I am a rule follower, so here we go: 1. Thank and link back to your nominator. 2. Tell 7 random facts about yourself. 3. Pay it forward to 13 […]
» Read moreToday it was finally warm. Really, really warm! I was so excited. I promptly rolled out our amazing double jogger and we headed out for a good little 1 mile walk. I thought, “Hey, this stroller is so amazing it can do ANYTHING!” It can– sort of– it plowed right over snow hills easily….except I might have been a little over eager b/c I flattened a tire. (Alan, will you please fix that for me?? Thank you!) Check out […]
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