We returned to Texas on Monday, after two very long drives and a little over a week in the Twin Cities. I had promised myself that I wouldn’t do any work while on this vacation, and it was a little strange to have time to just read and hang out with the family. I didn’t [...]
Day 5: Breathing Room
When I was working outside the home full time, I felt like I never got a moment to myself. Eight hours a day of work, plus four hours a day of feeding-dressing-entertaining, plus at least an hour attempting to work on my freelance projects, [...]
Day 4: Musicality
I was in choir growing up, and my husband was in band (later moving on to turntables). So it’s not that much of a surprise that R has gravitated toward musical instruments wherever they pop up. He’s a booty shaker too, and insists that I [...]
Day 3: Generations
I don’t get to see my grandpa much, but this past spring we were in town for my friend’s wedding, and I made sure to make time to have my grandpaand son meet for the first time. It took a little bit for R to [...]
Day 2: Curious Friends
That isn’t a great photo up there in terms of things like focus and light, but I like it anyway. It’s from a sausage party I went to last month. As in, sausage making. There weren’t any sausages of that kind in attendance. Only one of us had [...]











