Big Mama

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Another day, Doodle, Motherhood

Yesterday, Caroline and I went to the grocery store. Now y'all know how I feel about the store and to top it off I waited until the afternoon to make the trip. I don't want to exaggerate because I want to be credible, so I will be completely honest and tell you that it was 140 degrees outside.As we made our way up and down the aisles, Dwayne (the H.E.B. manager) saw us and came bearing the Read More

The talk of the town

Friends

I talked to Gulley today and she told me that my post about Nena has the whole town buzzing with excitement. Well, maybe not the whole town, but you know...their family and friends which is pretty close to being the whole town. Apparently her mom is there visiting right now and she told Nena and the family that I wrote about Nena on "the computer".Nena said "you mean to tell me she wrote about me Read More

In my shoes

Seriously

Every morning as I get dressed for the day, Caroline is right by my side taking in the whole thing. She goes in my closet and tries on my shoes, my shirts, carries my purses...anything she can get her hands on. When I put on my makeup she has to have some too. So I let her use my makeup brushes and we put on lots of clear lipgloss. If I have freshly painted toes, she wants polish on her toes too, Read More

Marriage requires commitment. Of course, so does insanity

Capital P

Today is my 9th wedding anniversary. So yes, pretty much all of my major life events are packed into a 2 week window during the hottest month of the year. Caroline's original due date was August 15th, so I could have had them all in a 3 day time period, but in a true case of foreshadowing, Caroline had her own plans and showed up 2 weeks early.This last spring, P. and I were at a wedding and as we Read More

WFMW – How to turn your frown upside down otherwise known as best chocolate dessert ever

I'm cooking

Yesterday was a day full of frustrations for me. I woke up tired and not feeling good and then experienced a series of aggravating things that put me in a grumpy mood. None of these things were that important in the whole scheme of things, but when you're excited about your new AT&T television service complete with TWO DVRS and then they show up and tell you the only way it will work is to run Read More

Just call me Dr. Dobson

Doodle, Motherhood

Caroline has always been an early riser. I can't tell you how many days we have been up and 'at 'em before sunrise or as Caroline says when it's "still darken outside". Really, I blame her father. Sadly, he too is an early riser. It's all about genetics.I heard Tina Fey on The Tonight Show the other night talking about her new baby and she said that the worst feeling in the world is being up for Read More

One week later…paci rehab

Doodle

As y'all know, last Tuesday we got rid of Caroline's pacis. She has done incredibly well and hasn't even asked for them, so I basically dodged a bullet on this one.Last week, we went to this really cool neighborhood toy store because I had promised that once the pacis were gone, she could pick out a new big girl toy, whatever she wanted. This is what she picked.This is further proof that she does Read More

An extravaganza of entertainment

Capital P, Memories

This past weekend the Hunters' Extravaganza was in town. Back in the days when P. and I were young and newly in love, I would go with him every year to survey the veritable wealth of all things hunting related.We would stroll up and down the aisles holding hands and y'all I was so in love that I didn't even care that all the booths basically sold some version of deer urine, ugly camo clothing, or Read More

You say it’s your birthday

Just for fun

Today is my 35th birthday and honestly, I can't believe I'm 35. I know some of y'all are thinking 35 isn't old and it's really not, but it's not an age I ever imagined myself being. Last year when I turned 34, I told P. "You know 34 is really the last age where you sound young." He said "I hate to tell you, but 34 doesn't really sound that young." Oh, he's a smooth talkin' devil.Gulley's taking me Read More