If you were given a second chance at something, what would you do with that opportunity? Would you be grateful and seize the moment to make things right in your world? Would you appreciate how lucky you were? Or would you pretend that it wasn’t a miracle and squander it? I’m thinking a lot about second chances today. Late last… Read more »
For those of you that aren’t aware, I live in Austin, Texas. For years, we’ve been in the grip of an extreme drought. Changing climate conditions the past few weeks has brought a deluge of rain our way. Rain that was welcomed at first, but now we’ve experienced more rain in the past month that we got the entire first… Read more »
This past weekend, a woman I was Facebook friends with passed away. And for whatever reason, I took it harder than I expected. I mean, I knew her mostly through electronic means. We met in person only once, but the steady stream of posts, images of her family, and her sharing of her illness made me feel closer to her… Read more »
It is Spring time and Mother Nature didn’t get the memo that April, not May, was supposed to bring the showers. We had a glorious weekend while our out-of-town guests were here, blue skies, low humidity, and highs in the 80s. But on Monday, as soon as they were about to fly out, the skies started clouding up. It’s been… Read more »
Today I was working on a project and needed to put down estimated dates of completion. I was slightly horrified to realize that it is going to be May in two days and I don’t seem to remember much of April. (Or even March for that matter; if it wasn’t for SXSW, I don’t think I would have much recollection… Read more »
OK, backstory – I’ve got a friend, Natasha, who’s a year younger than me and who grew up in the house that is directly behind my parents’ house. I’m not going to say that we were best buddies growing up; and to be honest, if it wasn’t for Facebook, I probably would have no idea where she was. But the… Read more »
Yesterday, I woke up in one of those moods where I didn’t really want to go downstairs to the gym (mostly because my hair was an utter wreck that not even a ponytail could fix). I decided that I would pop in a work-out DVD and do something in the comfort of my living room. Sadly, my kickboxing DVD has… Read more »
For those of us living in Austin right now, it’s mayhem. It’s Spring Break for the kids (public schools and UT), the Rodeo, and the mother of all city festivals – SXSW. If you don’t know what SXSW is, picture 200,000 people invading your town with a bunch of tents, food trucks, random parties taking over all kinds of buildings,… Read more »
We are currently hosting our very first overnight visitor to the downtown condo, my husband’s 21-year-old cousin. She’s been very agreeable to have around, although the cat is still not quite sure what to make of her yet. Kaylee leaves on Thursday, which is when the cat will probably decide to warm up to her. We took her out the… Read more »
So, after a glorious week off, I’m back to reality. It’s freezing here in Austin and I’m not exaggerating. It’s really freezing here, talk of potential icing – which makes being back from 80 and sunny weather a bit harder to take. I had a very relaxing time in Mexico. Surprisingly, I got no resistance to bringing anything less than… Read more »