Archive for the ‘Family’ Category

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Monday, March 1st, 2010

Once upon a time, I said I was going to blog once a week... which has clearly not happened. And you know what? I am really okay with that. So rather than going into a long rant about how much I suck at blogging, or making a promise to myself to ...

#Best09: Brought to you by MommyMac & Pizza

Sunday, December 13th, 2009

Tralalala la la la la... this post is in response to Gwen's "the best of 2009" Blog Challenge. Check it! I missed yesterday so this is a double one. December 12: New Food. You're now in love with Lebanese food and you didn't even know what it was in January of ...

#Best09: Almost Heaven West Virginia

Friday, December 11th, 2009

This post is written in response to Gwen's Best of 2009 Blog Challenge. Head on over to her blog and check it out! December 11: The Best Place. A coffee shop? A pub? A retreat center? A cubicle? A nook? This one was easy for me. As soon as I read ...

Moonwalking with my Father

Friday, June 26th, 2009

When I was a little girl, one of my favorite things to do was stay up late and watch TV with my Dad. We would sit on the couch in companionable silence together and I reveled in playing "big girl" while Mom put my little sister to bed. Music was a ...

Holly Hoyt’s Amazing Photographs…. Viewed through a Carnival Lense

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

Holly Hoyt is an amazing photographer. So when she asked one night if David and I would like to accompany her to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo so she could do a practice Carnival photo shoot, I jumped at the chance (after she promised me I could have a corn ...

January/February in Review: Mom2 + Monica + a whole lotta Kirtsy and a little bit of Boulder

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Whew! The last two months have been crazy, wonderful and beautiful all at once. I believe the last time I sat still for any length of time was when I went to see Eurydice.... and wasn't New Year's Eve like ten minutes ago?! I don't want forget a bit of ...

A tale of Love Letters, a Beautiful Girl named Eurydice, and Daddy’s Little Girl

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Once upon a time.... There was a little girl and there was her Father. You know those memories that are locked away, you think maybe forever, somewhere deep in the back of your mind? Every so often you will be doing something mundane.... tying your shoe, picking up a sweater, running ...

Eight Random and Cheesy Things About Me

Wednesday, December 10th, 2008

I don't often blog about things that don't have to do with Social Media or Social Media applications, but Shannon Paul tagged me in her blog post "7 Random and Weird Things About Me" and her post was so meaningful, hilarious, and adorable it gave me some insight into the ...

Walk4Hearing: Help out MommyMac!

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Ready... set... donate! Help MommyMac raise awareness for Hearing Loss!! (while she walks it out). As many of you know, my dear sweet Mom is an audiologist for a non-profit.  Over the past 20 years (or so?) she has changed the lives of many deaf adults and children by guiding them ...

On Social Media and Friends

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

I've heard a lot of noise about how Social Networking Sites are going to be the downfall of civilization because everyone will be too busy updating their second life profiles to go out into the real world... and I wonder where these critiques are coming from??  Maybe I'm on oddball... ...