The Boy and I had a bit of a mini-break last week. Thanks to the combination of a wonderful Christmas present from the Baby Sister and a stay-and-play event planning promotion, we were able to head to White Bluff Resort for two nights and three days. While there, we spent a goodly amount of time […]
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Happy Blogiversary to Me!
And, fittingly, I’m one day late in wishing myself Happy Blogiversary. Even more fittingly, I didn’t even realize that yesterday was my three year blogiversary until I received a text message from our good friend, J. {Thank you!} So – three years ago, April 23, 2008, I started blogging. Since then, I’ve written 1,083 posts […]
What’s that Again?
Traffic was crazy in Dallas this weekend – full of idiot drivers. After another one cut us off on our drive down to the Mavericks’ playoff game, I asked The Boy: What’s wrong with these people? Him: Inebriated, probably. Me: Wow! You should play Words with Friends, baby. Him: What? Me: Well most people would […]
I Have a Secret
Have you ever heard of the PostSecret project? You can visit the link to learn more, but in short it’s part art project and part anonymous confessional. And it’s just plain interesting. I’m a pretty open person, but I do have a few secrets here and there that I’ve held on to over the years. […]
Everything’s Coming Up Roses
** Insert deep sigh of relief ** The Hayleys are entering a wonderful season. And I’m not talking about spring…or summer, even, though it does feel like summer no-school-holidays are upon us. That’s right – our schedules are lightening up. The Boy just led his last finance class before the summer break. I’m eyeballing the […]
Dealing with Difficult People
I have one of these on my desk: Needless to say, my colleagues have a ton of fun walking into my office and randomly pushing the “That was easy” button. I only wish that every day really was easy. And the other day was just one of those not-so-easy days. Crazy questions, less-than-nice people. I felt […]
This Car is Dirty
That’s what I told The Boy the other day. Me: This car is dirty! We need to wash it. Him: You’re right. There’s just not been time. Me: I know. But it’s ridiculous. It even looks like there’s a coffee spill on the hood. Him: A coffee spill? Me: Yes! Can you believe it? I […]
New Reading Material
I keep a fairly full blog reader – I read decorating blogs, fashion blogs, work-related blogs, family and friend blogs and faith blogs. Every now and then I even take a bit of time to interact with my fellow bloggers. One of my favorite faith blogs is Jon Acuff’s Stuff Christians Like. It’s satire {love} […]
When All You Can Do…
When all you can do is all you can do, then it has to be enough. Right? It simply amazed me today when I glanced at the calendar and realized that it was Thursday. Thursday? What happened to Monday-Wednesday? Yes, it’s just been one of those weeks. We’ve been busy, but not extraordinarily so. It’s […]
Reuse-Reduce-Recycle
Here’s a great tip from my good friend, S. Do you (like me) have a huge collection of extra buttons? They often come in these cute little bags: How about instead of keeping a billion buttons in bags, put those buttons in a jar and reuse the bags for travel-sized medicine bags? Like this: They’re […]