Living in northern Texas for a few years has given me a craving for a family photo surrounded by beutiful Texas bluebonnets. I don’t know how many of you have seen them, but they only bloom for a little bit, which limits the amount of time that I can set all this up. (I think they bloom for a few weeks at most.) So for three years I have been thinking about this and three years I have been plotting…
(Image Courtesy of IMDB.com) Is anyone else out there a Friends fan? *raises both hands* It’s one of the only shows that my husband and I can always agree to watch, and believe me, we have watched it over and over again – a ton of times, over the years. The other day, I was trying to figure out something to watch that I could fold laundry to (and yes, the laundry is still in a large heap on my couch), when…
This was my first day back to work in over two weeks. It was great to get away from work for a little while and spend some time with the family for the holidays. I also got to spend my birthday with my parents and sister, which hasn’t happened in over maybe twelve years? My husband and I have spent a lot of time living overseas with the Air Force, so when we got the opportunity to be able to…
When I sit down and talk with friends and family about what our favorite books are, I am always amazed by the fact that the list is a growing and ever changing one. It’s not a stale list that has the same favorites that it always had, it is something that is living and changes as often as the world revolves around the sun. And I like that. Who wants to talk about the same books, every day, for the…
Recently my family went through some trying times to include a surgery for my baby girl’s eyes. I can say that even being deployed to a war zone didn’t come close to the stress and fear that I had when they wheeled my baby girl back for her surgery. Today, we got some really great news from her doctor. The surgery seems successful and my daughter’s eyes are doing so well that they think her vision is better than…