In light of my upcoming 31st birthday, I've been thinking a lot about people and how we become the way we are. Some people know they're born for certain things and/or are certain about who they are early. I am not one of those people. Sure, I've always had quirky...
This isn't any old house. This is the house of my childhood. The only constant that I've ever known in my almost-31 years. I've lived in a handful of houses over the years and haven't missed a single one. Even getting there was an adventure. At that time, highway 77...
I recently stumbled across one of those "write-about-yourself" memes that were going around during the years of MySpace and the first few years of Facebook. This one was from January of 2009, just four months after Oscar and I were married. Newlyweds, pre-kids, one...
My littlest baby will be one two weeks from today. When did this happen? I ask myself. While I wouldn't trade him for anything in the world, I guess the sleepless nights with him have kind of hazed my life into a series of moments and "Did-I-remember-to-do-thats?"...
When you feel you are wronged, how long is an appropriate time to grieve/stay angry? I have a tendency to stay angry long and hard, and hold grudges. (Hey, it's one of my less-attractive qualities.) But the silver lining, I believe, about that trait is that it...
If you were to take a peek inside my brain for ten minutes, I think the word "discombobulated" doesn't quite cover the thoughts swimming around in there. "Unhinged" comes close, but it's still not wholly accurate. Being a mom is hard. Being a working mom who's still...
Oscar and I have almost made it through one month with two kidlets (Alex will officially be a month old on Friday). The weird thing is that two children is not necessarily harder all the time. It's harder at times, but not exponentially harder. I remember reading this...
Two and a half weeks in after bringing Alex, aka the Kid Who Couldn't Wait, home. Monday night (March 10th) Oscar and I went to Longhorn Steakhouse for dinner. (Grayson stayed with my in-laws since we had to be at the hospital so early the next morning.) I wanted my...
Conferencin' for the very first tiiiiiime. (Sorry, I've been re-watching the first season of Glee on Netflix and I'm feeling very sing-songy lately.) But if that's any indication of my excitement for my very first conference EVAR, then you'll know I'm very excited....
Some days, I wish I could spend the entire day just getting lost in the Internet. Specifically, looking for a favorite song by a favorite artist and falling down the musical rabbit hole, so to speak. Let me explain. I was listening to A Perfect Circle this morning on...