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Fashion Friday: Edition the last one of the summer

Diary, Fashion

This is the last Friday of our summer. I realize some of you have already gone back to school and some of you have another week or so, but this is our last hurrah. We plan to celebrate by staying up late one more night, sleeping in late one more morning, and then going back to being responsible members of society like we were in May. Here are a few cute things I found this week even though Read More

Two decades later

Capital P, Diary

It has been twenty years ago today that these two crazy kids walked down an aisle and vowed to love and cherish each other for better or for worse, in sickness and in health, 'til death do us part. Honestly? We had no idea what any of that really meant. But here we are twenty years later. We have laughed and fought and cried and driven each other crazy. We've celebrated victories, Read More

Because 46 is apparently awesome

Diary, Friends

So today is my birthday. I am 46 years old. And I'll be honest, it feels weird to be officially closer to 50 than to 40. But last Sunday night, Gulley and I took the kids to watch a Texas A&M soccer exhibition game against Sam Houston and we saw our dear friend, Tiffany. She remarked, "You have a birthday coming up!" I replied, "Yes! And you just had one. Can you believe we're 46 years Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition the end of summer countdown

Fashion

Well here we are. Down to the last week of summer before school starts. And it's filled with doctor's appointments and haircuts and an orientation day for Caroline so it's like we are going to be official productive members of society again by Monday. But it's probably for the best because I probably need to do things like cook dinner, workout and put on real clothes. Also, just a quick Read More

The Big Boo Cast, Episode 79

Podcast

Just when I thought I may not have anything to post this week because we are busy winding down our last couple of weeks of summer, Sophie and I had the chance to interview Brittany Wagner from Last Chance U on Netflix. It was as delightful as I imagined it would be. We also talk about beauty products, dinner, and all the usual. You can click here to listen. Or here. You can even listen right Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition It’s August! And how to get a signed copy of my book

Books, Diary, Fashion

So I'm excited about this today. Not about this video of myself because I hate watching myself and, let's be honest, that still shot is unfortunate. But I am very excited about the information contained therein. And in case you're all like "I do not care to watch this video", here's the big news. BARNES & NOBLE HAS EXCLUSIVE SIGNED COPIES OF CHURCH OF THE SMALL THINGS: The Million Read More

Fourteen

Diary, Doodle

Dear Caroline, Today you are fourteen. I don't even know how we got here so fast. The last fourteen years have been a whirlwind of pacifiers, diapers and sleepless nights that led to Finding Nemo lunch boxes, pigtails, and losing your first tooth that brought us to sleepovers, soccer games and braces on your teeth. Now here we are on the precipice of high school and although I keep trying to Read More

A few distractions from the heat

Another day

I know I keep talking about how hot it is but that's just because it's so hot. And the fact that I've been hot for the last two months didn't go well for AT&T when I called them today because our modem isn't working AGAIN. When I hung up the phone, Caroline looked at me and started laughing as she said, "You just told that guy you weren't interested in resetting our modem for the 64th time and Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition I fell into a burning ring of fire

Diary, Fashion

I was watching the weather last night and the weatherman seriously referred to our forecast over the next few days as a "ring of fire". And then I lost my will to live. The end. It is seriously so hot that it's hard to even care about shopping right now. And just the fact I typed that sentence makes me wonder who I am and what has happened to my life. Yet I still managed to find a few Read More