We expanded our family this weekend, sort of.
No, I did not adopt a Haitian refugee, as my neighbor suggested (although don’t think I didn’t give it a little thought.)
We adopted a big sister for Harley. …

Over the years, my kids have had all sorts of animals, as have their friends.
We’ve had countless fish, our dogs and our cat.
We even had My Lucky Buddy, Chase’s Hedgehog (yes, a hedgehog) who was …

This morning, I was getting ready for work and I had let Harley out to do her thing.
I let her stay outside about 15 or 20 minutes, and completely forgot that it had rained all …

What is it with men and money?
They either want all the control of the money or nothing to do with it.
I have managed our family finances for most of the 17 years my husband and …

We had a visitor this weekend: my Dad was here from Austin, with his new dog, Buddy.
If you’ve ever wondered about what types of dog you can get through a rescue or shelter, well, here …

I headed off this morning to the Houston Acupuncture Clinic, for my first round of acupuncture in almost a year.
Those of you who know me well, know that there better be a darn good reason …

Tonight was out first middle school track meet of the season.
Jordan decided to sign up for track, against my better judgement.
As I mentioned way back when I first started writing this blog, Jordan was diagnosed …

I recently learned about the Tosca 5-Minute Faucet and thought this is a great product that I would love to give a try!
After trying the product I realized that it doesn’t get much better than …

I love my dog.
I really do.
I’m just repeating that to myself over and over tonight, as she snoozes on the Lion King Blanket beside me:

I took the kids to the mall this afternoon for their quarterly haircuts.
If you don’t live around me, their hair is crazy, ridiculously long.
Way past the Monkees. Far past any darn Beatle.

Since I’m all into TV shows these days, and have found more blog material off of my in-love-teenager than I could ever have dreamed (this is even better than Jordan’s mouth…), today’s episode of teenage …

About ten years ago, I was part of a local mom’s group called North Houston Moms (huge shout out to those of you who we’ve reconnected with on Facebook!)
This was when we all had small …

Recently, I was asked to review The Serotonin Power Diet, by Judith Wurthman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer, MD. After reading a brief description of this book, I knew I needed a copy, free or not.
I’ve …

Ya’ll remember back when The Love Boat and Fantasy Island were popular on TV?
I loved both shows.
I still remember The Love Boat theme song, I can still hear the words in my head:
“The Love Boat, …

So, I learned today that there is only one thing worse than losing a dog.
Only one thing worse than saying goodbye to a dog you’ve had for fifteen years.

When I was growing up, my dad had a classic response, if my brother or I asked him a stupid question:
Let’s say, for example, I said, “Hey dad, can I make me and my friends martinis …

(Originally posted June 2009.)
I am at Texas Children’s tonight as Jordan gets his MRI done. I don’t know if I will finish this before he gets out, if I do, that’s a good thing because …

In the 8 months or so since I’ve been blogging (wow, has it really been THAT long?) there have been few things that have come across my e-mail, that strike closer to home than this …