From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Let's go on a road trip

March 15, 2009
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Today we are taking a trip. Not just any trip. A road trip. Not just any road trip, but the obligatory road trip of my childhood. My family was obsessed with the road trip. It was a well-oiled machine of efficiency. There were basic rules to the family road trip. These rules are set in [...]

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The Motherscribe Interview

March 13, 2009

I participated in JCK’s Motherscribe Interview Series: Feminism, Aging, Parenting, Identitiy & Sex… I evaded the first question… And then tried to make up for it with quantity of answers. Thanks JCK!

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What.When.Where.Why?

March 10, 2009

I believe that life is an information gathering experience. I read a vast variety of books, listen to a wide range of music, have friends from different circles, and will talk to just about anyone about anything. I find joy in random tid-bits. Pockets of knowledge are one of my favorite things. AND nothing is [...]

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Potluck without a point

March 9, 2009

Without a point? Did Potlucks ever have a point? I guess I missed that. And now for a little story entitled (w/picture): Does Everything have to be Educational? If you have ever been to the Fort Worth Zoo you may have stopped at the Play Barn. If you have stopped at the play barn then [...]

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Dream

March 7, 2009

Ryan… For a long time you were just a dream. The dream from which I could not awake… that taught patience. that was worth the wait. You are my first born. The wiggling recipient of first-time mothering… of underwhelming technique. of overwhelming love. For a time you were my only dream. Then more dreams became [...]

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Zoo trip

March 6, 2009

Kids-on-a-fence. Bird-on-a-stick. Flowers bloom. Love blooms. Wheels turning. Wheels turning. Who is watching whom? Power failure. Power off.

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What not to not wear

March 4, 2009

I have been interested to watch the boys mature and see when that phase of self-awareness kicks in that triggers modesty. For the most part it hasn’t. They are more than willing to walk around the house in various stages of undress. Running free… I always figured I would take my cue from them. When [...]

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In the middle

March 3, 2009

Over the last few weeks I have had the pleasure of watching a genius of marketing in action. This marketing wizard has taken something that was unwanted, unnoticed and shunned and through grassroots advertising vaulted it into a must have in mere days. A must have. In mere days. Because I have three kids I [...]

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Potluck celebrating DFW blogger love

March 1, 2009

Potluck is back. Back with a vengeance…well, vengeance in the nicest way. SATURDAY NIGHT WAS AWESOME. Seriously, if you are a DFW blogger and you were NOT at Grand Luxe – Galleria you missed out. 30 people who for the most part had never met each other were chatting like they grew up together. I [...]

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