Aloha and Holo Holo

On Thursday, we will hit the 2-month mark in the countdown to Go Day for our grand RTW adventure. There is giddy excitement in the air and ...

Jeff and I have moved a number of times during our marriage, but our next move is pretty different from all the rest. In the past, if I wasn...

Four months from today, we will step onto a plane that will fly us off into a thrillingly uncertain future. I know well that four months pas...

Even though our RTW trip is still months away, we have already started packing. You see, we are trying to do this trip with just a carry-on ...

Two months away from most of our worldly possessions has taught us that we have entirely too many worldly possessions. We lived minimally wh...

Y'all. I'm one of those people that requires order. I seriously need it to stay healthy. Unfortunately (but also fortunately), I dec...

I love home decor, but I've always been slow to decorate any house I've lived in. What it boils down to is commitment issues. A nail...

On Friday, we took the whole crew into Austin for lunch at the Estancia Churrascaria for a birthday/half-birthday bash for everyone celebra...

FRIDAY The kids and I participated in a fun field tip to Longhorn Cavern with our CC group.  The boys and I ran errands, while Ruth att...

Jeff and I have been married 14 1/2 years. In that time we have owned and lived in four homes with garages. We have never once parked a car ...

I have always heard about expectant moms who get a "nesting" urge before they have the baby. I was not one of those moms. It's...

The last couple of weekends have been about trying regain control of the space we occupy. It's amazing how quickly things things can get...

I often think about making this blog (or at least portions of it) into a book. There are companies who specialize in just that. But, I frequ...

Maybe once a year (or more like every 2 or 3, if I'm really honest), I begrudgingly set about the task of cleaning up my vanity area and...

A couple of weeks ago I discovered rat poop in a rarely used stroller. My hope was that is was something leftover from long ago. But, I knew...

Our playroom has been lost for quite a while. It kind of just became a dumping ground for all toys that we were too lazy to take upstairs or...

Today, while trying to get things somewhat organized for Ruth's birthday party this weekend, I discovered that an essential bit of wardr...

I discovered a wonderful little tool today that, I think, is going to revolutionize our whole household. It's called COZI Central and it...

Every four to six months I get a hankering to rearrange the furniture. I usually don't premeditate this act. Something just strikes me o...

How true that is. I listed 30 items for free on Craig's List today and as of now 29 of them are either gone or pending pick up. Most of ...