Late Easter

MaMaw is here. I think she is in the kitchen unloading my dishwasher right now. . .after she bought us dinner. We may have to split her in two via the wisdom of Solomon--or at least threaten to the way the kids are both trying to do separate things with her at the same time. …

One Proud Scout

I have told you before that Tony is an Eagle Scout. This is, aside from siring his children and being elligible for his University of Houston class ring, one of the most important, tangible things he's accomplished in his lifetime. Thad became a Tiger Cub this year. He is very proud of what he's accomplished …

Blue and White

It is not yet May, and my love affair with the 8th grader is waning. They are stretching, reaching, pummeling, tearing, ripping their way toward high school. Therefore, I have been tired. Tired. Tired. Tired. And absent from my little blogosphere. Today was particularly trying and more than anything I wanted to crawl into a …

Indulge Me

We are set to close on our old house on Wednesday. I'm making a photo album for the new owners. The thing that made me okay about waiting two months to close after they decided to buy it (which meant two more payments for us) was that our realtor told us "they are already emotionally …

Post-Break-Redundancy

I have a very long, photo filled post to post at some posting time later. For now, run over to Melanie's and read HER post on not postponing time with your kids. For me, it stung a bit--just bit--but was a good reminder that even though I need breaks, those breaks shouldn't turn into hours …