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Football in July
I’ve well established that our household is a football-crazed one, and even in the summertime, when football season still seems so far away, my kid’s love for the sport runs deep. Here, my baby...
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Days Two and Three
Thank you for letting me continue to share my experiences from TV Land! Having my cookbook at the printer has opened up this entire world of this thing they call time. I’m really enjoying being able to...
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The Klutziest Morning of My Life
A few Sundays ago, I had what I think will go on record as the klutziest morning of my life. I woke up and discovered there was a slight chill in the air, so I stumbled over to my dresser and opened...
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Full Circle
First, just a little list. 1. I’m sitting on our sofa in the living room of our house and Charlie’s right jowl is spread out all over my foot and his snore is causing the entire room to vibrate. It’s...
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On My Mind
I woke up ready to write a wordy, newsy, highly captivating (okay, just wordy) post all about the coughing, cleaning, falling, cooking, dropping, popping, tripping, dreaming, and skidding that have...
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The Big Game
Both my boys made it to their football league’s championships, and the big games were Saturday. My baby’s team won their game first, and it brought a tear to my eye to watch the nine- and ten-year-olds...
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Dear Pioneer Woman: Thanksgiving Edition!
Here are some Thanksgiving-related answers to some Dear Pioneer Woman questions submitted over the past few days. As always, just remember that I don’t know anything! And as always, feel free to lend...
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Photos for the Office
As I’ve mentioned a couple of times over the past week or two, Marlboro Man and I have been poring through my old hard drives to find photos that we can print and hang in the new office (it’ll be ready...
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More Memories
I promise this here blog o’ mine will return to its former technicolor glory soon! I finally finished ordering all the prints for the office (we move in later this week) and since the photo project...
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Sisters
I’ll be posting a nice, meaty, juicy, substantial, hefty, large, verbose, wordy, chatterbox post tomorrow about why my posting has been a tad light this week, including our deciding to send out...
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A Small Handful of Things
I have a small handful of things to say. 1. We had some friends over to our new office last night and I snapped this photo with my cell phone so I could show you how we hung some of the black and...
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Rocky Mountain High
My kids and I left Saturday morning to drive to Colorado. I didn’t do what we usually do when we drive to Colorado, which is to get up at 3:00 am and get on the road, which gives the kids a chance to...
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Breathe, Walter…Breathe!
First, if you have a moment, please peek at this post from a year ago. It lays the foundation for the following two videos of my beloved Basset Hound Walter’s…well, drinking problem. Then watch the...
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I Want to Go to Chili’s
Yesterday morning, Missy, the kids, and I bounded out of bed and headed to the base of the mountain, all ready to take off on our lovely, leisurely mountain stroll to the top. I stopped off in a little...
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My Evening Walks: A Comparison
I’ve had such a wonderful week in Colorado. We have Haley’s wedding tomorrow, then we’ll head home before daylight Sunday morning. Marlboro Man and Tim arrived, so Missy and I are taking them up to the...
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Happy Ending
After Marlboro Man and Tim arrived in Vail, Missy and I couldn’t wait to get them on the ropes course. That’s Marlboro Man (in the red shirt) struggling to get across The Loops of Satan. They’re not...
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What’s Been a-Happening
Just a little update on how things are going around here! Charles is every bit a Basset Hound these days. He’s warm, he sleeps all day, he refuses to do anything for himself, and he smells like...
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Not Necessarily in Any Order
My sister Betsy is going home today. She and Elliot have been here for a nice, long visit and we’ve cooked, eaten, cooked, eaten, laughed, cooked, laughed, eaten, eaten, and laughed, eaten, and cooked....
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Binders, Bras, and Bulls
1. I’ve said this before, but I’ll say it again: I thought I was busy when my kids were babies. I thought things would get a little less crazy once they got a little older. I thought that once they...
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His One True Passion
It’s been awhile since I’ve posted a dedicated Charlie update, and because his life has been so monumentally busy and fulfilling lately, I thought I’d do it now! So what has Charlie been doing?...
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