Big Mama

Here's the highlight of my week: It rained here on Monday night. Actually, Monday was Caroline's birthday so that was the biggest highlight, but the rain was a close second. It's just so dang hot and the rain made it actually feel cool for a second. It made the sky cloudy enough that our air actually quit running for a few minutes because it was able to cool off our house without the Read More

Well, here we are at the very end of July. I'm not sure if time is going faster or slower at this point and I guess it doesn't really matter. Here's what I do know. I'm predictable even in a pandemic because I'm starting to think about fall clothes. In a normal year this means I'm thinking about all the places and events I have planned for the fall and what I'll need. This year? I don't Read More

That's right. Tropical Storm Hanna is headed this way this weekend and I'm not even a little mad about it. I will totally take a weekend of rain over more heat. It sounds delightful. However, given 2020, there's a good chance Hanna will die out halfway here and it'll just be hotter this weekend. This feels like a safe place to rest my hopes and dreams. Here are a few cute things I found Read More

I got in my car yesterday and the temp read 133 degrees. ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE DEGREES. Is that probably a bit of an exaggeration? Yes. But did it feel like it was 133 degrees outside? Yes. Our weathermen are saying we may break 100 year old heat records over the next few days to which I say READ THE ROOM, WEATHER. We are wearing masks, we can't go sit in a movie theater which is Read More