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I normally don't post much here anymore, but I'm getting so many requests for things to do in San Antonio that I figured it was time to update an old post I'd written about things to do and places to eat. The most common question I get via email or direct message is something along the lines of “My family and I are planning to visit San Antonio. Where should we go? What should we do?” And I Read More

It's been a busy week around here because I believe you are probably all aware that it is May. And that means I have given myself a few more days to finish up one last project. Or at least I thought it was one last project until my publisher reminded me I actually have a whole other list of things I need to have finished by mid-June so I'm super excited about that except maybe I'd rather take a Read More

This started out to be a list of ten and then I drew a blank as to the other three things I was going to talk about and so now it's a list of seven because, you know, that's a thing. Or at least just pretend it's a thing. A top seven list. 1. the best chocolate cake ever I saw this recipe months ago but wasn't in the mood to make a chocolate cake. This is very different from the fact Read More

We have twelve and a half days of school left until summer. I know this because Caroline got in my car this afternoon, slammed the door shut and said, "I AM SO GLAD I ONLY HAVE TWELVE AND A HALF DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT!" And I wanted to say, "AMEN TO THAT, SISTER!" because err'ybody be so tired of a routine right now. Then she told me that she went to an informational meeting about running cross Read More

So if you've been following along here for a while, you may remember that we decided to get new kitchen cabinets last fall. Actually our original plan was to give the existing cabinets a facelift, but our friend and cabinetmaker looked at them and told us it might actually make more sense to just rip out the old ones and put in new ones since we plan on being in this house forever. And P jumped Read More

Just some things I want to make sure you know about. And stay tuned because I'm finally going to post pictures of our kitchen remodel tomorrow. I know it's been forever but I was waiting for a time when it was actually clean and, well, that just happened last week. 1. Chin Up, America! tee Sophie and I recorded a podcast right after the election when it felt like everyone was wringing Read More