I received an invitation from Snugg to choose a leather iPad case to review on my blog. I hate doing product reviews, but they had me at leather. So, I chose this apple green leather case that is super, super nice. The Snugg makes me not hate product reviews, probably...
There's not been an autumn when so many yellow leaves have fallen and still so many green leaves were left on the trees. Winters can be pretty brutal in Oklahoma. We've been known to have horrible ice storms. Spring can be scary, too, with all the tornadoes. And,...
My kids scored a Dracula Pez at the house on 19th Street this year. Yea! Dracula Pez Happy Halloween! I wanted to share some pictures with you of our wonderful night Trick-or-Treating in Heritage Hills, our Oklahoma City neighborhood. Sullivan was a skunk, although he...
Sixteen years ago today, I became a mother. It's the best thing that's ever happened to me. I am so grateful for my beautiful daughter, Juliette! I am glad she has been with me these last 16 years. I'm hoping for many, many more! We threw her a birthday party over the...
It's after eleven and everyone's asleep, so I decide to call it a night. But, not before I check on my kids one more time. I like to watch them sleep, give them each one last kiss on the cheek, and whisper something in their ears. I love you. Jesus loves you....
Today, the headline in the Sunday Oklahoman business section is State's Reputation Not Blown Away. It's about how efforts to recruit new businesses have not been hampered by the recent spate of deadly tornadoes and floods. Maybe that's true, but the topic leaves me...
Way on passed the boulevards Out here, underneath the stars, I've been flying past the houses, farms and fields... --From Loveless and Nothin' But The Wheel My oldest daughter, Juliette, attended horse camp south of Oklahoma City this week. This is her riding a horse...
The following is a poem I wrote for kids of divorce. Divorce Poem: Prayer for the Child of a Previous Marriage You are not the child of divorce or my previous marriage. You are the child of my here and now. You are not the child of a previous relationship. You are the...
You are so beautiful to me Can't you see You're everything I hoped for You're everything I need You are so beautiful To me... --From the song by Joe Cocker This is Juliette on the first day of Kindergarten at Villa Teresa Catholic School, 2003. Last night, we attended...
Oklahoma City Zoo We love to go to the Oklahoma City Zoo. Today, we went for Earth Day! We are so worn out and my lips are sunburned. And, we spent $100 on Fanta sodas, tokens to ride and jump on stuff, soft, salty pretzels and lunch. Ouch! I want to be that mom that...
Learning to fly, but I ain't got wings... From Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, 1991 This is my 14-year-old daughter, Juliette. Isn't she adorable!? Here she is being silly with my mom's dog. The thing is, she doesn't really look silly. She looks grown up. Lately,...
Today was the Oklahoma City's St. Patrick's Day Parade. It was a beautiful parade with hundreds of entries. I always love to see the old men with green and red beards; the bagpipers and young girls with llamas. Every year, the same Native Americans with Irish in their...