We didn’t travel or spend the holidays with family or friends. Frankly, the cost of airline travel is ridiculous so we rarely fly. Plus, with young children, travel is pretty stressful so we often avoid it. However, when we were alerted to a killer deal on flights back to Arizona we were considering the possibilities....

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I was in a morbid mood when I drafted and titled the post, can you tell? Seriously, aren’t the the joys of comfort toys great? Many kids have the special comfort toy they can’t live without. I know TapThatMom’s son has his crochet/ knit blanket called “baby” that he loves. In our house it is...

It is almost 10 am and Everly has already been a busy, crazy girl! You see she woke at like 6:30 am while N was getting ready for work, thanks to the cats. Normally on N’s work days she doesn’t wake until 8 or 9am but because a cat was tearing through the house post...

This odd looking creature has taken over the Pyracantha bush out back. Upon first glance I thought the leaves on the plant were just curling up and dying and I wasn’t to worried since the Pyracantha is a massive, decorative bush in the corner of one of our flower beds. Upon closer inspection I realized...

Parenthood is one crazy, jumbled-full-of-emotions experience that is impossible to fully explain in words. Looking back at how our life used to be just amazes me because it’s all kind clicked in to place perfectly and I never imagined how content we’d be and how perfect everything would work out. I mean two years ago...

I’ve come across something that is a very good idea for the world of social media and the internet that I’ve not been able to find done elsewhere. I am kind of excited about it and have purchased several related domain names. Hint: it is calendar related. I am searching high and low for web...

The whirlwind that is Winter Guard ends tomorrow with our 2010 Championship performance. It’s been a totally different experience this year teaching in a new part of the country and working with much younger kids. The thing is in the end it’s all the same, good kids, hard work, good inspiration, lots of time invested...

I’ve used and ENTIRE roll of toilet paper on just my nose blowing today and it hasn’t even been a full day yet! I used up all the Puffs tissue and grabbed a roll of TP this morning. Basically I am just crazy congested today. The throat soreness has passed and no new symptoms have...

These days my brain is total mush! Last night I rammed a box in to N mistakenly. I’ve been dizzy with blurred vision, am dead exhausted all the time and can’t seem to think or speak coherently these days. I am pretty sure it is the result of over four months of only sleeping like...