So my eyes have been really annoying lately. They’ve been dry and burny and extraordinarily sensitive to light and computer monitors (which isn’t very helpful in my overly-geeky lifestyle). I’ve been seeing an Eye Doctor and she’s been trying things to get them back to normal, which has included some uber-expensive steroid drops that I […]
The Snow That Wasn’t.
I don’t usually jump on weather hysteria bandwagons – I’m a skeptic no matter the situation – tornadoes (I watched one come down the street from the double glass doors at work one time – not my smartest of moments.), floods, droughts, and even snow. Of my 28 years of life in the Deep South, […]
I’m Glad She Wants to be Like Me, But…
I’ll get to the rest of our Christmas stories later, but I must relieve my conscience and confess start with this one. So, as I mentioned before, the plan was for Ali to get a Big Girl Bed for Christmas. So, when Ali woke up on Christmas morning (or, rather, when we got tired of […]
Live Blogging From Rachel’s Stupid Moment of the Day!
We got home late for naptime, so I was hurrying to get Ali in bed, and telling her that she needed to go straight to sleep since naptime was so late. Also, I had to change her shirt, because she was wearing (in her words,) her “Blinkedy Christmas shirt.” Rudolph, the Red Nosed Reindeer Had […]
Killer Rabbits: Not Just in Monty Python.
I love rabbits. I always have. I had several as pets growing up, and thought that they were just wonderfully delightful creatures. We also have wild rabbits in our neighborhood. We can especially see them when driving home at midnight from Small Group – Ali and I always watch for them. They’re just beautiful, innocent, […]
18 Things I Learned From a Broken Nose.
It’s been a full six weeks since I broke my nose, so I am supposedly fully recovered. (I was supposed to get my nose re-x-rayed to make sure that it healed correctly, but seeing as how, due to quite the number of family ailments, we’ve paid more co-pays in the past six weeks than my […]
The Cattle are Glowering…
The year was 1987. I was six years old, and there was a huge opportunity coming up that could greatly advance my acting career. The Homeschool Christmas play. I desperately desired the part of Mary. There was nothing more in the WORLD that I wanted to do with my life than to play Mary in […]
Everyone Remembers Their First Crime.
Police Report December 2, 2009, 11:15 am CST Perpetrator: Alana Grace Aliases: Ali, Princess, Baby, Ali-Girl. Description of Suspect: Two years old, Curly hair, blue eyes, huge head, dimple on right side of face. Location of Crime: The Disney Store, Riverchase Galleria Stolen Items: Cell Phone, Car encased in rubber sphere. Description of Crime: Suspect […]
Consult Your Physician Before Starting Any Blogging Routine.
Remember last weekend when I mentioned my face’s graceful run-in with my camera on the camping trip? Well, it’s time to elaborate. This particular camping trip is a year-long anticipated destination for the dozens of kids that attend. There are games and scavenger hunts and treasures and friends and everything a kid could want. It’s […]
The Only Blog Post This Weekend Without Halloween Costume Pictures.
My family, along with a very large group of other families, has gone on an annual camping trip the weekend of Halloween since I was about six or seven years old (last year’s trip can be found here). This being said, my child has yet to own a Halloween costume in her short life. So, […]