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If you're looking for a place to see wildflowers, you don't have to leave Austin. Today, Luke and I visited St. Edwards Park in Northwest Austin with some friends, and I can honestly say I've never seen so many bluebonnets. It was amazing. I haven't been...
Every year, a family of house sparrows builds a nest in a crevice above our back door. We used to try to seal up the hole so they wouldn't be able to build the nest, but they kept pecking through. Eventually, we gave up. Now, it's really fun to sit on...
It's been a very wet spring in Austin. As a result, the snail population has exploded -- at least in my garden. While pulling snails off my vegetables on day recently, I posed the following question: Can you eat garden snails? I was wondering if they...
I just wanted to share a few photos from the Wildflower Center today, because we had a lot of fun. The wildflowers are just hitting their stride in Central Texas right now. Waves of blue, red and yellow are visible along many Texas highways. Yards in...
I got a taste of organization yesterday, and I LIKE it! It all started when Andy suggested that we go ahead and move Luke into the big bed that's been stored in pieces in the closets since we set up the crib. It was my bed growing up, and it's really...
I didn't actually go to Austin's First Night this year (I had to work), but Andy and Luke went and had a blast. It's definitely worth checking out if you haven't yet. I think it's so cool that Luke decided to go in his tiger costume. It was all his idea...
I used up the last of my yearly vacation days (never enough!) to spend three glorious days with my son. Awesome! I didn't have any big plans. I just wanted to have a relaxing few days with the boy. It's time I wish I got to spend with him all year long...
It's been a stressful few months, but I have to say, after Friday, maybe it's a sign of things turning around? I took Friday off. it was a week before Christmas, and I needed to take care of some errands and also REST. Andy also took the day off, and...
It's not usually this chilly in Austin in December. Usually we'll have one or two cold days and the rest are balmy and beautiful. This year -- wet and chilly. I told Luke one weekend on a visit to Whole Foods that we would only go ice skating at the rink...
I don’t typically spend Thanksgiving with my family – and by that, I mean my parents or Andy’s parents. Thanksgiving in my life involves my husband, son and a host of friends who I consider family. In Nashville, it was my neighbors and my boss and his...
I'm the type of person who writes down To-Do lists, consults my calendar religiously to figure out where I'm supposed to go next, and keeps track of the stories I'm owed and what's been done. But I'm not so good about writing down goals. These have been...
Halloween presents a dilemma in our household. We rarely eat sugar or processed foods, yet here is a "holiday" that celebrates begging for tiny pieces of insulin-spiking carbs. What's a mom to do? I'll tell you what I do. I try to make the crafts and...
This is the first year Luke has brought up the approaching holiday season without prompting -- at least from my husband or myself. He knows Halloween is on the way, and he requested a costume this year. A TIGER! ROAR! I was worried I wouldn't be able...
I hesitate writing a post about any of my fears or worries. No one wants to read my whining, I firmly believe. But sometimes, admitting ones faults or fears to the greater world is one of the first steps in correcting the fault or overcoming the fear...
I had the opportunity to visit two wonderful restaurants recently as just an adult, rather than as a mother, and it was heavenly. There is nothing like being able to get away and enjoy a slow meal with candlelight and wine -- without worrying that your...
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