Celebrate Good Times

The One Where I Meet Toby Mac

January 7, 2013

Y’all know I love a good story. THIS will be a great story. A year or so ago, I ran into a childhood friend at the Wal-Mart. I hadn’t seen Scott since our 10 year reunion in 2002, and it was great to see him and meet his wife. While we chatted, I mentioned seeing [...]

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2012 Year In Review

December 31, 2012

When I saw on Facebook today that Jo-Lynne was hosting her annual Blog Recap, I knew I wanted to participate. Oh how I love to look back on our year, and remember the fun times we’ve had as a family. If I had any sense whatsoever, I would also print out a scrapbook just after [...]

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The Crazy Is Back

December 27, 2012

It’s been a week since I last posted some crazy. I think that’s the longest I’ve gone since I started this blog back in 2008. My friend Becky Facebooked (is that word?) me this morning to ask when I’d be posting again, saying she has missed my crazy. And before you go and get it in your [...]

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There’s A Crown And You Can Win It….

December 20, 2012

Every year at Christmastime, my friend Becky hosts a cookie exchange. This isn’t just an ordinary cookie exchange though, because Becky’s cookie exchange awards the baker of the best cookie with a COOKIE CROWN that they get to keep for an entire year. Not to mention bragging rights and a picture on this here blog. And speaking of making the blog, that’s Becky holding [...]

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Elf On The Shelf Ideas

December 10, 2012

The Elf on the Shelf is an interesting endeavor. I have Facebook friends who GO ALL OUT with their elves and their shenanigans. I mean like toilet papering their ENTIRE Christmas tree all-out. And oh my heck, let’s not forget those who have entered their elf in the ”Inappropriate Elf on the Shelf” contest. Shhh…. Those [...]

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Here’s To Another Four Years

November 8, 2012

Four years ago today, I think its safe to say we were all in a different place. I had a kindergartener in the public school system and a three-year old at home. We were preparing for our first deployment, and I was a little less crazy and frazzled than I am today. Okay, so maybe that’s debatable. [...]

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Wound Up Like An Eight Day Clock

November 5, 2012

Alex was wound up like an eight-day clock this past weekend. He turned seven on Thursday, and had to wait a full 48 hours for his birthday party. Folks, you would have thought he was about to receive a million dollar lottery prize. He asked four times in six hours if his friend K would be [...]

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Taking The Hood By Storm

November 1, 2012

When I tucked the boys in last night, Alex asked me to take one last picture of him before he turned seven. This picture makes me smile for so many reasons. These two are best friends, great playmates, and partners in crime. Partners in crime who will make great use of the Spider Man Deluxe Web-blaster [...]

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That Works For Me!

April 16, 2012

My mother-in-law, Jean has been a loyal blog fan from the very beginning of this blogging gig. She often reads several posts at a time and comments on every. single. one. Aside from McDaddy, Jean may be my MOST loyal blog fan. On more than one occasion (several, actually), she has suggested that I write a [...]

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Sweet Success

January 16, 2012

About two months ago, I made the unfortunate decision to go in the back door of the blog and change some fonts. Yes, I said change some fonts. Because that’s what I do. At the click of a button, the entire text of my blog disappeared into cyberspace. After several hours of work, my technical [...]

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