Monthly Archives: July 2011

I sat in my bed this morning, just thinking and thinking, trying my hardest to think of something to blog about today. Nothing was coming to me and I was getting frustrated. I thought to myself, “I just don’t have … Continue reading →

I had a day last week when I was so stressed out, I had to get out of the house. The Canadian wasn’t home, so I had the boys here and my only option for escape was a few minutes … Continue reading →

I wear my Oklahoma State University class ring every day. It’s on my finger just as often as my wedding ring and I rarely leave the house without either of them. While my wedding ring symbolizes the same thing it … Continue reading →

Ready for a good laugh? These are our family portraits, as drawn by Roenick. Starting from the top left, moving clockwise, they are The Canadian, myself, my mom, and my dad. Obvious lesson? Never ask an 8-year-old to draw your … Continue reading →

My mom and I can find the humor in just about anything. Call it a coping mechanism, if you will, but we aren’t big fans of being down and depressed for long, so if there’s a reason to laugh, we’ll … Continue reading →

All of my life I have heard parents of multiple children say their kids are total opposites, but until I had two of my own I never understood just how extreme those differences could be. I’m not even sure phrases … Continue reading →

Not long ago, I was standing in the back yard watching my boys play. I was walking around the perimeter of the yard, examining the aging wood privacy fence, looking at the missing nails and cracks that needed to be … Continue reading →

Today’s post may be a repeat for those of you who were reading when I was posting at Testify blog. It was fresh on my mind today, as my mom had a check-up with her glaucoma surgeon yesterday. You’ll understand … Continue reading →

This picture has absolutely nothing to do with this post, but with nothing but 100+ degree days on the forecast as far as the eye can see, we all just need something cool to look at. Moving on. Confession. I … Continue reading →

Up until just a few years, this bridge stood on the south end of our little town. My family wasn’t really the Interstate type, we preferred the meandering secondary roads with a view, so we crossed that bridge many times … Continue reading →