I know I don't post a pic of each of my kids on their birthdays, but I should.  After all, the kids made us a family, Mark and I.  And h...

  I've been setting my alarm for a little earlier than usual each day, making coffee, journaling and working on my GriefShare notebook, ...

I have been really restraining myself from setting up my Christmas tree early.  {after all, I wasn't planning on decorating it yet} But ...

I've had such a craving for pancakes lately!  But I don't want to budget in a giant box of pancake mix, so I buy those little Pan-Ki...

Cooking for one can be tricky, so I have been cooking a meal for two and just stashing away the extra serving.  I work it into the menus, th...

The City of Austin sent out some super helpful tree trimmers who decided to remove at least a quarter of my backyard tree to get it off the ...

I guess its time to start thinking about Thanksgiving which is NEXT MONTH.  Not to sound like an old lady or anything but the year really ha...