When we went away on vacation, my husband and I said we weren’t going to obsess about what we ate. It’s a vacation, we were going to throw a little caution to the wind. And so, I kind of tossed aside my Weight Watchers ethos, along with that dreaded points calculator, and said [...]

I woke up feeling like myself again today and so decided to forgo the dreaded antibiotics. But my in-laws, last they’d heard, believed me to be on my deathbed and so scooted over to Fort Worth this morning to pick up Pea for the afternoon. It was meant to give me some downtime, [...]

We made it home yesterday, sometime in the late afternoon, presumably all in one piece and no worse for the wear. Yeah, right. About 6 last night, I spiked a fever of 103. My fingers ached, my toes ached. And my head felt as if there was a vice grip around [...]

Last full day of vacation. We came up here with a specific amount of cash, to avoid that dreadful feeling we’ve had before, you know the one: you return home from vacation, receive the American Express bill and think “holy heck, what did we do?” So this time, being the budget Goddess that I am, [...]

Tomorrow is our last full vacation day. As we near the end, I have learned, or rather reaffirmed, one important aspect of parenting. Schedule is king, at least in our home. We run on a tight schedule in Fort Worth, I know I’ve written about it before. We wake at the same time each day, [...]

Today is what can only be described as glorious. We found this amazing little beach on a natural lake that had water that was the warmest I’ve ever been in outside of a bathtub. It was very quiet, just a small handful of people. It’s what I’d refer to as my natural habitat. I love [...]

While driving back to our hotel from the local zoo today, we were listening to satellite radio and Bret Michaels, from the 80s hair band “Poison” was a guest dee-jay (oh my God, am I dating myself by using that term? I don’t know what else it would be called…) and even though I was [...]

A good day, indeed. It’s just amazing what a little sleep can do for the soul. We separated the girls last night, Pea slept in the bedroom and went down about 7 and although she woke up at 6 this morning, I’m not going to complain. Coco slept in the living room and she woke [...]

It’s not going so well today. Last night was a nightmare. Coco was up every two hours, no big deal since she’s teething hard and I know how tough it’s been for her. But we made the mistake of putting the girls in the same room together, somehow forgetting that Pea is the world’s lightest [...]

So today we left for our first official vacation as a family of four. Traveling with two kids to the grocery store is stressful enough for me, so I wasn’t sure how I was going to handle a two-hour flight up to the mountains. Of course, we were packed a week ago, because I am [...]

My husband found Sophie the Giraffe for Pea when she was a little baby. Right away, it was love at first sight. Sophie went everywhere with Pea, for a very long time. And since Pea put everything in her mouth as a baby (and what baby doesn’t do that?) it was a [...]

I love horses. Like really, really love horses. Since I can remember… There’s a picture of me at about 9 months old perched atop a large grey horse at a farm in upstate New York, my proud mother holding onto me, and that picture has been ingrained in my mind for all [...]

Last night, my husband and I took Pea out to dinner and to see the circus.

Alone. Just the three of us. So the real story here is that I left my youngest, my 5-month old, at home with a sitter. Wow. That was hard. But I really wanted [...]

A self-confessed beauty product junkie, I spend a lot of money every year on items that I’m hoping are going to change my life. Although it hasn’t quite happened yet, there are some things that I’ve found on my quest that I’ve become loyal to, and that’s saying a lot, since I’m always, always [...]

This was a long day. My husband left this morning to fly to St. Lucia for the night. He left early. 4:30 am to catch his flight. The girls woke up this morning and the day began without incident. That’s always a good thing. And then, I heard my [...]