to calm down…. Life has been insane the last week or so. I've barely talked to anyone and I feel like I'm being pulled in a million directions and right when I think things are settling down, something else comes along pulling me in yet another direction. I've got several friends and family members all…

Travis is 16 today…wow! My phone rang at 6:30am and I didn't quite make it to the phone in time. I looked at the caller id and saw it was Tina. I poured a coffee, thinking I'll call her back after I've had time to wake up. I call her back and Travis answers. I…

It's Shelly's birthday and I am so bummed I am not there, this year. She turns 40.I want to be there so I can take her out and act like we used to act when we were inseparable. Back when we would cruise around every night and if we heard a song we loved on…

Zak and I were running around, doing some errands yesterday while the kids were gone. We came home to grab something to eat and we had to go back to the store to pick up a prescription. It was about 3:10pm and our conversation goes like this…. me. "hey babe….I think I'm gonna go get…

Mr. Tom Brady's life just keeps getting better! Now he's got 3 rings and a baby. Tom Brady's Baby. Congrats!! I can't wait to see what she names him. Off to wake up Thing 1 & Thing 2. Jaime's first day went great! She said the bus ride home was too long (it's like 30-40…

Today is Jaime's first day of 1st grade. 1st grade…real school…full day. Wow.I can't believe it.On the one hand I can't believe I have a 1st grader. Can't believe she'll be gone all day. She'll take the bus home and she won't get home until 4:30!! That's like…all day. A part of me just can't…

Zachary went fishing with a guy he used to work with. They spent all day out on the boat and it was cool.Zachary never gets to do that and he actually does enjoy fishing. They wound up catching a couple salmon and Zachary brought some home.(All cleaned and filleted nice and pretty–Thank you Mike!!!)I found…

I have a major, major shopping problem. Well, truthfully my self-control and responsibility are in check so I don't know that you'd call it a problem, really. But how much I love to shop is not normal…I don't know if I've posted this on here or not, but I have an analogy for shopping. You…

I am very proud and excited to be Lindsay's emergency contact but I forgot to mention something. It's not my first time. 🙂 I have been Cierra's emergency contact for as long as she has been in school. She's going into 2nd grade. Cierra is Jaime's very first friend and I haven't talked much about…

We have bears around town. A lot. There are ordinances about how you can put your trash out because of the bears. People see them all the time. I have seen them only a few times since I've lived here. Including the one that tried to climb over my fence on 4th of July a…