Andrew went to help with the disaster relief in Baton Rouge this weekend. I'm watching his brother's kids. They're sweet and no trouble at all. Really helpful, actually ( Read more... )

It's my 32nd birthday today. Here's a list of 32 things you may or may not know about me ( Read more... )

I read something recently I had written awhile back when we first moved to Laredo. It was back when the newspaper there had asked me to keep a blog for them. I used to write so much back then. I think I wrote more because I felt like people cared what I have to say. I don't feel that way so much anymore. Mostly I feel like, "Why would anyone ( Read more... )

My kids just got home from school, and they're playing Battleship. Evan keeps telling me over and over how Lauren is trying to cheat. I've tried telling my kids that they don't have to tell me everything the other kids do all the time. It hasn't worked. It drives me nuts. I told them sometimes it's okay to deal with things on your own without ( Read more... )

I just made some banana bread, and it smells sooooo good ( Read more... )

Writing the other day seemed to help because after I wrote in this and then in my personal journal, the next day I felt much better. I felt better today, as well. More like myself. Maybe I just needed to get a bunch of negative thoughts out of my head, so I could stop thinking about them ( Read more... )

I've decided that I need to start writing again. We've moved to Shreveport, or Bossier City, rather, and I'm feeling it. And by "it," I mean all the stress and emotions that I was trying to hold back during the months that I was alone with the kids and didn't have time to feel because I was so busy is now hitting me. And I'm feeling down. So ( Read more... )

It's been awhile. Life has been so crazy lately. Next week we're moving into an apartment in Shreveport. We still haven't sold our house, but I'm sick of being apart from Andrew, and I want the kids to start school there. It's not the scenario I had hoped for our family, but I'm happy to have a plan. Not knowing is the worst. Evan and Lauren ( Read more... )

There have been a couple of times since being a mother that I have found myself without a husband on mother's day due to work-related situations. The last time it happened, I wallowed in self-pity and didn't enjoy my day at all. This time I decided to take a different approach ( Read more... )

I ventured out into the world today with all four kids in tow to get black ink to print off stuff for Evan's GT project. We got back and realized we were out of color ink, as well.


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