Oh, my…Mother Nature is not kidding around

Feb 15, 2021 — Yesterday, we woke up to deeply sub-freezing temps here in Austin, as well as a crazy amount of snow covering the already present ice. Being un-used to (or in complete denial?) of the extremity of the weather, we had neglected to drip the faucets....

Permit acquired! (but not without drama…)

Feb 9, 2021 — Good news from last Friday: My youngest child’s driving permit acquired. Hallelujah, y’all! Oh, but not without drama. Not without sweating. Not without a bit of anxiety-fueled high-pitched voices (mostly mine). I even wrote in my...

So easy to use, so easy NOT to use…

January 26, 2021 – One of my favorite books, The Slight Edge by Jeff Olson is so good…when I read it, I was ROCKED by the basic premise: So easy to do, so easy NOT to do: We are always micro-improving or we are always micro-failing, so we must continually...

Moms gone wild

Jan 21st, 2021 – I have this long list of previously ordinary things that I really miss: Hugging people outside of my immediate family, inviting people into my home to share food and fun, going to live music venues, when there wasn’t plexi-glass...