A Weekend of Bliss
Oh my gosh, you guys. I have to tell you about the weekend I just had. Here’s how it started: Received invitation to one of my best friend’s weddings and saw that was a whole weekend family-friendly ordeal in May Got excited about the whole idea, RSVP’d immediately A month before the wedding, realized that taking 4 small kids to a place for the weekend that would likely involve late nights, partying, and fun, did not, in fact sound... Read More
190 Miles of Running Awesomeness {Photoblog}
‘Scuze me a sec, but can I get a pause button? I don’t know where life has gone, but I know that I have a backlog of blogs that I want to write SO badly. I still have so much to tell you about BlogHer, I have stories from my crazy spontaneous road trip to Arizona, and I have more reviews and giveaways coming up, too. Aaah! Today, though, I have to tell you about a relay that I did at the end of July. This thing was by FAR the craziest,... Read More
No one luckier…
I cannot believe the incredible fortune I have been granted in these past several years. On a whim, I started a blog after my now 5-year-old was born. Turned out, people liked reading it, so I kept writing. I joined a forum for writers like me. I made a few bucks when I began writing content articles. I won a few contests. I became published in several books. Crazy. Awesome. Wow. Read More Read More
The day I decided to drive 27 hrs with my kids.
It was a text conversation between my mom and me that broke the camel’s back. I was having the worst week I had yet experienced as a parent. We had all caught some yucky bug. We had been trapped in the house. Even when we were on the mend, it seemed to be getting worse. Monday night, I was up every other hour between Lily wetting the bed, Wyatt screaming bloody murder, and Lily screaming. I suspected ear infections. So, the next day, Tuesday,... Read More
Back from playing TV star. {Vlog}
Because sometimes vlogging is quicker than blogging… Read More
How I Made an Idiot of Myself {Vlog}
It’s been a while since I busted out a vlog and I figured it’d be good practice for my TV interview, anyway, so here you go! (Wow, that’s a lovely pause-image. Eek!) Read More
It might be the whiskey talking, but…
It may be the Jack and Ginger Ale that I’m currently sipping on while floating 35,000 feet above the US, but I’m in a sappy mood so bear with me a moment. Read More Read More
The white zone is for immediate loading and unloading only.
While you’re reading this, I’m probably in the airport hobbling around on one foot while frantically trying to get my shoes off at the security gate. What is it about that line that sets my adrenaline on hyperdrive? Is it the line of folks behind me? The conveyor belt ahead of me, moving perpetually forward? And why do I always forget to wear flip-flops? Seriously, Lindsay. You’ve flown enough to know better. Read More Read More
Interview me.
First of all, thank you for all of those nummy meal ideas last week! We ended up making the pork roast in the crock pot and it was insanely delicious. Yuuum. I’m going to be coming back to that post next time I need dinner ideas. You guys are awesome! So, tomorrow I’m leaving for North Carolina where I’ll be joining my humor writing partner in crime Tracy Beckerman. We’ll be attending the Raleigh Southern Women’s Show... Read More
This is why I gate off my kitchen… {Messy Monday}
For my sanity, I gate off the kitchen from the babies. It’s easier than attaching safety latches to cupboards, and it means I don’t have to spend the entire day removing my little climbers from the table top. I realize that by gating off the kitchen, I have turned it into something of a forbidden fruit, something that seems much more exciting than it really is, but it’s worth it for my sanity. Of course, occasionally, the gate... Read More
I’m a person, too (and other things I learned).
40 hours of absolute freedom. What parent of four under six would pass that up? Not this mama, that’s for sure. I learned about our church’s marriage retreat a couple of months ago. It cost less than $200 for 2 nights in a nice hotel, meals included, plus a promise of some interesting speakers… To be honest, although I was truly looking forward to the marital insight part of it, what I needed, what Clint and I absolutely craved,... Read More
My Weekend as a Junior Higher
Do you remember junior high? Like, really really remember it? I thought I did too… until I spent the past weekend at a junior high youth group retreat. So many things I forgot about being 13. For instance, I forgot… Read More Read More
Is it too late for a BlogHer recap?
It is? Well, too bad. You’re getting one anyway. Time flies when you’re having fun. Time also flies when you’ve had an amazing time in New York City, and then come home to a house full of more “fun” (as in whiny kids who are secretly holding a grudge against you for leaving them for almost a week), followed by finding out you’ve been accepted to start training for an about.com job that could possibly throw you into... Read More
Lone Stripper Shoe-Napping: A Tale
Mary plopped down beside us in the bar, a blue Santa hat on her head. It was the beginning of August, but I didn’t ask questions. We were in New York at the BlogHer10 conference and I had seen far stranger things by that point in the trip. Tracy asked how Mary was doing. She smiled and lifted a single orange high heel shoe from her bag, placing it on the table amidst our drinks. “I lost my other stripper shoe,” she said, gesturing... Read More
Vlog(s): Delirious in New York
We’re @ the airport, ready to go home… worried we *might* have too much to pass for carryons. Oh, and check this out: I shipped those boxes yesterday, right? Well, they ran out of UPS Ground forms, so I had to use 3 Day Select. I am afraid of how much that’s going to cost… I think I should’ve just checked a bag and forked out the $25. Shippers’ remorse. Alright. Here are our not-so-stunning morning faces: Read More... Read More
