Diary

We started this week with the news that ERCOT was asking Texans to please conserve energy this summer by keeping our thermostats at 78 degrees during the day and 82 degrees at night. To which I say NO THANK YOU, GOOD SIR. Listen, the winter storm was bad enough and I tried to give ERCOT a little grace because it was unprecedented and blah, blah, blah. But this is Texas. In the summer. It's Read More

We are always so happy when our good friend Travis Cottrell joins us on the podcast, and TODAY'S THE DAY. In what turned out to be an extra-long episode, we talk about closet clean-outs and furniture shipping delays and college baseball (update since we recorded: Mississippi State is going to the College World Series!). We also discuss our kids (the Cottrells and the Shankles are about to be Read More

Well we're not even halfway through June and I'm already over the summer heat. And it's actually not so much the heat as it is that it feels like I'm being suffocated in a warm, wet blanket covered in mosquitoes every time I walk outside. No thank you. The good news is you can shop online in the air-conditioning. Here are some cute things I found this week. 1. Zelma royal blue midi Read More

This week I share all about our trip to A&M for Caroline's New Student Conference (to use baseball terminology, it was a real home run). We also talk about TV (Sophie finished watching Breaking Bad and HAS SOME THOUGHTS), and we dig into our current summer reading situations. Plus, we discuss our current state of contentment with our beauty products (I KNOW), and it's my turn for Five Read More

So Caroline and I just spent the last few days at Texas A&M for her new student conference. This is basically an orientation for new students and included all manner of information, including meeting with her academic advisors and choosing her classes for the fall. She is now officially an Aggie and I have to say that I walked away loving Texas A&M more than ever. Which, if you've read here long, Read More

Well, Caroline has graduated from high school, which is shocking considering that it seems like yesterday when she was telling Alex about "bad twaffic" in "San Antone-yo" on an early episode of the podcast. Anyway, I bring us up to speed on the graduation festivities, and we also talk about last week at the SEC baseball tournament as well as some of my initial reactions to the Friends reunion Read More

I'll have more to say later but right now I am so very tired. 1. sanya ruffled blouse This is on sale for $89.95 plus an extra 40% off this weekend. 2. embroidered mini dress This is so cute if you have a fun summer trip planned. It's $198. 3. tallulah eyelet mini dress Love this. It's $188. 4. daily practice tiered ruffle mini dress Great little summer Read More

It's a big week for The Big Boo Cast: Caroline's high school graduation and the SEC Baseball Tournament. Not that those two things are of equal importance, of course (I mean, graduation = milestone). But Sophie and I talk about graduation and the tournament and TV and so much more on this week's episode. We also discuss an exciting new find in the way of summer shorts, and I share my Five Read More

You know what's more tiring than May? May with a high school senior who is about to graduate. You know what's more tiring than that? Navigating all of it after coming out of a pandemic and being socially awkward after a year of no real social events. All that to say, I'm so tired. But here are some cute things I found this week. 1. custom Judith march patch hats I don't Read More