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I asked for it when I blogged about picking up dog poop. I get a kick out of the searches people make for different things that make them land on my blog. But, in all honesty, I never plan a topic with regard to the fact that it might or might not bring readers to [...]

You’ve heard the expression, “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him about your plans.” I believe it. For the past fifteen years my husband has organized and presented at a continuing education meeting for coaches. (It’s officially called a Sports Medicine Symposium) He recruits all the speakers and does a lot of the [...]

I almost always have my cell phone in my pocket, set to vibrate instead of ring. I think the vibration is much less intrusive than a ringing phone so I prefer it that way, it works for me. Of course, I often suffer from phantom vibrations but oh well. When I’m at work, my phone [...]

Thirteen Things I learned this past week while in Texas: 1. Long road trips are a perfect excuse to buy/eat junk food. 2. I was pretty sure I already loved my new van – but now I am totally sure. Having the wireless headphones so that the girls could listen to their movies on the [...]

Someone tell me what is the deal with all the ants this summer? Is anyone else finding an overabundance of ants every where you turn or is it just me? It all started a few months ago with a straggler here or there, in the kitchen, in the bathroom, on the back deck (which is [...]

Never been so happy to see these two sweet faces. I have tons of pictures and stories to share but…. it’ll take me a few days.

This Father’s Day, we find ourselves in Texarkana, Arkansas in a surprisingly beautiful and BIG room at a newly opened Best Western. (Big as in – we wouldn’t even have to rearrange to fit in the air mattress so that 6 of us can share a room as we did in San Antonio when Shannon [...]

Today we’re checking out of the Marriott Rivercenter and beginning the long drive home. My dogsitter was suddenly invited to go to New York with a friend, leaving on Sunday morning…. so now our drive home has to be a little more hurried than we’d originally thought. I don’t blame the dogsitter – I’d go [...]

Yes, we’re still in Texas and I have a million things to blog about – when I have the time and energy (hopefully later today). But – in the meantime, I had to share this with you. Remember a while back when I blogged about the unglamorous task of dog-ownership – poop patrolling the yard?  [...]

We evidently came to Texas on a week of record high temperatures for this time of year, lucky us. Shannon mentioned earlier that this must be what it would feel like to be inside the clothes dryer. I think I concur. We spent today taking a trolley (which actually turned out to be a bus) [...]