(Originally posted July 2009)
After I realized yesterday that there was no pool to strut around in my bikini in, nor was Brad Pitt delivering my room service, I decided to hop in my car and …

Monday, March 8th, I was summoned to appear for Harris County Jury Duty.
I’ve never been summoned before, and I have to admit, I was not thrilled when I saw the notice in the mail.
I was even …

I intended to write today’s blog on a totally different subject.  
But, in my comic book strip of a life, things never happen quite how I intend so I’ve changed gears and the other post …

Wednesday night, I made Chase leave his man-cave and come with my while I tried to walk both dogs.
Robert and I had walked Koda last weekend, I knew there was no way I could handle …

I had to make a late night run to Target tonight for milk.
Unlike our normal routine, which involves the last kid to eat breakfast on a school day coming downstairs and stating, “WE’RE OUT OF …

Where’s Keifer Sutherland when I need him?
I could really use his cutie pie self, when I’m stuck in my own version of his television show, the minutes ticking away, utter and complete chaos from one …

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 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 …

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.