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And while I was looking around at Nordstrom

Diary, Fashion

Well, first of all, thank you for being so excited about the E-book preorder deal yesterday. By the time I looked at Amazon yesterday morning, it was already up to #88 out of all Kindle books. In fact, it was only behind the classic novel, Stud Muffin. This really feels like the pinnacle of my writing career. Anyway, if you pre-ordered and entered in your information, then you'll be Read More

Church of the Small Things Ebook for only $4.99

Books, Diary

Maybe you've heard I have a new book coming out October 3.  And as we were talking about all the things we'd like to do as it goes out into the world, someone said, "What if we give everyone a chance to pre-order the ebook version for only $4.99 for 24 hours?"   (I wasn't that person, but I totally would have been if I had known such a thing was possible.)   Here's the deal. You can Read More

Big Boo Cast: Episode 71

Diary

Sophie and I are beyond excited to have Coach Jackie Sherrill and his daughter, Bonnie Bishop, as guests on the podcast this week. For those of you who aren't the college football enthusiasts we are, Coach Sherrill coached at both Texas A&M and Mississippi State and was one of the initial things Sophie and I bonded over when we first met eleven years ago. We also spend the last minutes of the Read More

Sick dog walking

Diary, Dogs

I'm sitting here on Sunday night trying to decide if I feel like writing a blog post. And I guess I will because my entire Twitter feed is about nothing but Game of Thrones and I'll just go ahead and admit something right now. Come closer. I don't even know what Game of Thrones is about. I know people go crazy for it but I've always gotten it confused with The Walking Dead. I don't Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale

Diary, Fashion

So today is the first day the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale is open to the public and there are some good deals to be found. I've already ordered a few things for myself and a couple of things for Caroline's upcoming birthday. I realize it is difficult to imagine you will ever wear a sweater or boots again when it's 126 degrees outside, but yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. And this really is Read More

A small thing on a Wednesday

Diary

Happy Wednesday! I'm in Dallas where I dropped Caroline off at soccer camp and am spending the rest of the week here to catch up with dear friends and maybe shop if you twist my arm. But I wanted to welcome you to my new blog design. We are still tweaking a couple of things, but I am so happy with the way it turned out and I hope you are too! If you're reading on email, then you probably Read More

Fashion Friday: Edition have I mentioned it’s hot?

Fashion

This is going to be a little quick because I'm a little tired today because we were up repairing our air-conditioning at 3:30 a.m. And by we, I mean I woke P up so he could figure out why water was dripping profusely from the vent hood in Caroline's bathroom. Caroline and I noticed it about 1:00 a.m. and I wanted to think it wasn't that big of a deal, but then I remembered how two summers ago Read More

The Big Boo Cast, Episode 77

Podcast

After a summer of conflicting schedules and general malaise whenever our schedules actually aligned, Sophie and I found time to record a podcast this week. We talk about how I will never go on a cruise, entertainment options for the summer, and various other things that I can't remember right now. You can click here to listen. Or here. You can even listen right here on the blog. You can Read More

And I’m in denial that we’re almost halfway through July

Diary

This is basically my life philosophy right now because it's too hot to be outside right now. P really appreciated me sharing that fact with him today when he got home from a day of landscape work. I just felt that he needed to know. And there's really nothing to do but stay inside because I asked Caroline earlier if she wanted to go to the pool and basically got this Read More