Ever since the boys moved in, we’ve not been able to put up Christmas decorations. In fact, all of my most precious home décor is stored away in cat-proof areas of our home. Anyway, I couldn’t face Year Three of no Christmas spirit in the house so I decided to spend a little of our […]
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A Hayley Year in Review | The Year that Was 2018
Several years ago I stopped writing formal Christmas cards and started designing digital updates instead. But I’m not one for the typical “newsletter” – we like to make infographics for the year. 2018 was busy and slow all at the same time. I suppose that means we were relatively in balance with our priorities. Enjoy […]
A New New Year’s Run
For six years we ran the New Year’s Day 5-miler as a way to kick off the year with a bit of competitive-driven exercise. Sadly, the race shut down after the 2015 race. What to do? In 2016, the answer was nothing. This year I was determined to find a replacement race. And, given that we […]
The Island of Misfit But Perfectly Suited Toys – Or Redeeming Christmas Dinner
You can’t really blame life for ruining Christmas. But nevertheless, life events certainly risked ruining Christmas – travel for family funerals meant missing other previously scheduled family events. It is, as they say, what it is. Our solution? Invite good friends over for a Christmas meal. We split the cooking and had a veritable feast […]
Home of the Free Because of the Brave
We’ve wanted to visit the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery for some time. But it’s on the south side of the metro – close to an hour away when traffic is light – so you have to really really want to go. That’s a pathetic reason for not visiting a national cemetery. I realize that. Still, […]
Hayley Year-in-Review
We’re continuing our unintentional tradition of creating a digital year-in-review holiday card rather than sending a printed card to everyone on our address list. Maybe one day we’ll get better about doing that. Probably not. Best wishes to you and yours in the 2016!
Celebrating the Fourth on the Third
Kelly and I went to Addison’s Kaboom Town last night. It’s somewhat sad that we’ve lived in Dallas (off-and-on) for 16+ years and I worked in the Addison area for 11 years, but we’d never gone to Kaboom Town before last night. What’s up with that? Apparently, Kaboom Town is one of the top five […]