From the monthly archives:

June 2011

storm

June 21, 2011
lightening storm

It really is quiet after the storm. That level of peaceful is rare at my house.  The clock says 4:22 am, but under normal conditions that doesn’t guarantee silence.  Because my husband often works nights, even 4:22 is accompanied by light from the hall and his steady voice rising and falling to the rhythm of [...]

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california strawberries visit dallas

June 18, 2011
CA Strawberry and Holly Homer

A few weeks ago I went and visited the strawberries.Yesterday they came and visited me (and 20 bloggers) here in Dallas. Those strawberries are so sweet! Literally. The Dallas bloggers munched on strawberry soup, sandwiches, tacos and sliders while sipping strawberry cocktails. We listened to Carolyn from the CA Strawberry Commission, Skyped with a grower [...]

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the photos that caused a vacation

June 17, 2011
Holly Homer and her boys on a sailboat

This is my favorite photo. It is my boys and me on a sailboat in St. Thomas 4 years ago.  We went on vacation with my in-laws in celebration of their 50th Wedding Anniversary. It was a wonderful week of family covered in water and sand. When we returned, I made a Shutterfly photo book [...]

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8 is great

June 15, 2011
Reid as a mannequin at Ann Taylor

My sweet*, sweet* Reid turned 8 this week. *Being 8 he can’t exactly show that he is sweet because that would harm his peer reputation, but as his mother I can see that sweetness abounds despite his exterior un-sweetness. Eight is funny. Eight predictably breaks out in random dancing. Eight can hug, but most likely [...]

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summer reading evaluation

June 8, 2011
ryan in summer

It has been a struggle to get Ryan(10) to read.  It is unlikely in his 10 years he has read ONE WORD that wasn’t required, requested or assigned. I have had to come to the conclusion that he isn’t a reader.  It is a part of him that I don’t fully understand, but he comes [...]

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just call me maria

June 6, 2011
Holly Homer growing up pics

In celebration of summer and all things fun, Redbox has an easy-to-enter sweepstakes (worth up to $10,000!) that you don’t want to miss out on…keep reading for details! I grew up in the dark ages. Well, it wasn’t exactly dark…we had electricity, but we didn’t have a VCR. *gasp* You might guess how old I [...]

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fighting words

June 2, 2011
poppies

The boys. (This photo is not random.  It is carefully planned foreshadowing.  You just wait and see.) Oh, the boys. Their age difference of a little more than 2 years between each is a blessing… and a curse. It seemed like such a good thing at the time. They will be friends! We will get [...]

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