Dear Google,
I want to say thank you.
Last week, during the first week of school, my sixteen year old son announced that he’d figured out all by himself what ‘natural numbers’ are. Well, I think it …

These are all my babies
Lord knows how we survived
The first one was hard and last was unplanned
What a big surprise
That him with his daddy’s eyes. (Sugarland, The Very Last Country Song)
Today is Jordan’s birthday.
I love …

It’s Friday night, this is where my husband found me, as he played with his new I-phone: the bath tub, with my supplies nearby.

It’s been a long, long week. Work trip. Reports. Truck stops. Beef …

Today was my latest IST visit. So far, I’ve gone alone in order to get to know her and determine which of my many flaws we are going to address first.
Only this time, my wonderful …

I arrived home today from my work trip to Dallas, still feeling some of the mom guilt that crept up on me for missing the first few days of school.
I’m sure the fatigue …

If you live anywhere near me and happened to look outside yesteday and see someone doing cartwheels down the street in their pajamas, that was probably yours truly.
The school year is off to a …

If you’re like me, and a working mom, here are a few tips if you happen to be out of town on the first day of school:
1.) Don’t stop at a truck stop on your …

I waited until the absolute worst possible day to take the kids to the mall for back to school shopping: the Saturday before every child attending public school in Texas starts. Yeah, brilliant, I …

I’ve decided that on Saturday mornings, I’m going to do a sort of theme: too-tired-from-working-not-getting-my-butt-out-of-bed-till-noon-confessions.
Why would you do such a thing, might you ask? Well, because usually on Saturday mornings I …

As a teenager, I remember having several pen pals.
I cannot recall how we originally connected with each other. The back of 16 Magazine or Tiger Beat, maybe?
There was certainly no Internet, Facebook or MySpace.
But, somehow …

I may need some help with my marriage.     
This is not something even the IST could tackle.
I thought for sure my online mom friends could relate and provide some suggestions on how to cope with …

As I was leaving for work yesterday, I tripped over one of my twelve year old son’s shoes.
This can be dangerous. At 5’6, he wears size 11.5 shoes. I know this for a fact, because …

Here it is, less than a week now before school starts, and I am almost in panic mode.
Yes, of course, I am Team Captain of the Cheerleading Squad for moms ready to send their …

My big day finally arrived, came and is almost over.
It was a great day, in all aspects.
I didn’t notice a single extra wrinkle or gray hair.
No more 30’s, no more subscription cards or church groups …

So it’s no secret, today is my 40th birthday.
I’ve been blogging, gabbing, texting and writing about this day for weeks now, it’s certainly not something I’ve made any effort to hide.
This is the my first …

Well, D-day is nearly here.
Tomorrow is the big day, the big 4-0.
I think today I might run to the grocery store and yank out a bunch of random magazine subscription cards just so I can …

It’s been two months now since Tyler got his drivers license.
Ahh, the memories. It seems so long ago, those days of me toting him around.
I was so sad at seeing him drive off that first …

What’s the only thing worse than having hair that’s too short?
Having hair that’s too short first thing in the morning. On a Saturday morning.
I went to brush my teeth this morning and whoa buddy, I …