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• Spring Break Packing List
  on Mar 11, 2013
  Whether you're hitting the beach or the slopes, chances are you've got to make a few plans and lists in order to get your family where they're going for spring break.  Here's a packing list I keep on my laptop and adjust according to what we'll...
• To Cheer Or Not To Cheer
  on Mar 10, 2013 in high school cheerleading tryouts back handspring cheerleaders
  My daughter didn't try out for varsity cheerleader last week after cheering this, her sophomore, year.  For some folks, you would've thought she declined the Noble Peace Prize.  She's always wanted to cheer -- not necessarily "be a cheerlea...
• Bare Necessities Air Travel
  on Dec 18, 2012 in Top Ten Tuesday Travel Air Travel
  Today, I had to make a quick trip to Houston to deliver my 2-year-old nephew to his parents after my brother was re-admitted to MD Anderson over the weekend for treatment after his bone marrow transplant in July.Because I had baby in tow (with no str...
• Unreal Candy Taste Party For A Chocoholic
  on Oct 14, 2012 in unjunk candy Halloween candy natural ingredients UNREAL candies cacao chocolate
  When I was asked to host a taste-testing party for the new UNREAL candy, I felt like Briar Rabbit had been thrown into the Briar Patch.  You see, I'm a self-proclaimed chocoholic and a bit of chocolate snob.  So, this was an easy assignment...
• A Salute to Zach
  on Oct 3, 2012
  On Sunday, our family marked a milestone in the life of our oldest child, Zach.  He was recognized at an Eagle Court of Honor, and he chose one person to speak on his behalf at the ceremony.  Zach asked Scott's best friend, Rob Riley, who h...
• How Was Your Summer?
  on Aug 20, 2012
  In a word, epic.  That's what I've boiled my answer down to when folks ask me about our family's summer.  Yet, I know they want more.  They want to know why it was epic.  So, appropriately, on the first day of school as my childre...
• How's Your Brother?
  on Aug 16, 2012
  That's a loaded question for me right now.  I really need to hone in on a shorter answer to this question on a consistent basis.  Yet, it's really impossible with his situation changing day by day and minute by minute.As of this moment, the...
• 5 More Things I Want My Sophomore Daughter To Remember
  on Aug 14, 2012
  A few weeks ago, my friend and fellow Disney Mom Darcie, wrote a post on her personal blog (SuchTheSpot.com) entitled, "5 Things I Want My Freshman Daughter To Remember."  It was significant.  It was poignant.  And dare I say?  It...
• Under Construction
  on Aug 6, 2012
  Lots of things are happening for me right now...including a redesign of my blog and a name change!  (Yeah, you kinda figured out that one, right?) Stay tuned for some exciting changes, and of course, my usual sassy writing as I attempt to give y...
• Leaving a Little of Me in Texas
  on Aug 2, 2012
  The bone marrow transplant to my brother happened last Friday at MD Anderson, and things went beautifully.  They extracted about a liter of fluid by tapping into my iliac crest about 80-100 times in a one-hour procedure. (Did I tell you that my...

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