Texas
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A Visit with Santa
Addie and Vivi wanted to go visit Santa, so we headed down to breakfast with Santa at our neighborhood community center today. They each gave him letters and Vivi had tons of questions for him about how he gets around the world and whether she can get her own living reindeer for Christmas.
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Stroll Parade 2024
It’s raining and cold today, but we bundled up to watch Nora and Addie in the Christmas parade.
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Gratitude in 2024
During Thanksgiving dinner, as we ate a fantastic meal and shared what we were thankful for, Nora reminded me of the Thankful Trees that we used to make. Thankful Trees Thankful Trees were part of the 30 Days of Thanks practice I had before life got busy with entrepreneurship and four kids. Every day, starting…
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4 Before 40
The featured image for this blog post captures me trying to make light of a stressful situation. TLDR: I’m fine but thinking more thoughtfully about the months and years ahead. The backstory… Two weeks ago, we moved houses. We moved out of the first home we bought in Texas post-full-time travel trailer living—the house where…
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Pennybacker Boat Selfie
Right now: celebrating Nora’s birthday with a boat ride on Lake Austin. Full post coming later today.
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Dance Competition Multi-Tasking
Hanging out at the last dance competition of the year working on WordPress Accessibility Day stuff in between dances.
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Hanging with Amelia
Seventeen months ago, I got to help welcome this sweet girl into the world. Today she and I are hanging out while her brother joins the family, this time at home. ♥️
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Saying Goodbye to Pocket
We said goodbye to Pocket today. She was diagnosed with Immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) right before my birthday last month. Basically her body was attacking its own red blood cells. She spent several days at the emergency vet, got a blood transfusion, and then I had been giving her medicine twice a day since. At…
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Pasta with sherry, browned butter, sage, mushrooms, and walnuts
Nora came home from dance to a bunch of homework and I’m about to sit down for my regular Tuesday second shift of work. We were both digging through the refrigerator trying to find a snack of some sort when Chris tells us to move out of the way so he can work his magic.…
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Easter Scavenger Hunt 2024
I’m still carrying on the tradition my stepmom’s mom, Grandma White, did every year at Easter. Clues in eggs that lead to a bigger prize. Now that the girls are getting older, I can make the scavenger hunt clues a lot more challenging, so it’s extra fun. Looking forward to seeing if any of these…
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Pocket Dog
We’re feeling very thankful for Pocket the last week after she had a medical emergency and had to spend two days at the animal hospital. She was diagnosed with Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia, or IMHA, is an autoimmune disease in which the body attacks its own red blood cells. Currently she’s taking a bunch of different pills…
