I don’t typically watch awards shows. Not in real time anyway. I’ll just wait for E! News to give me the highlights on Instagram and wat...

LITTLE BLACK BOOK Rinn has really taken to reading. I wish I could take credit for this but in the short year that we took on homeschooli...

I hate the radio. When I was in the market to buy a car back in 2015 my list of needs went as follows: Hatchback or station wagon (I know...

IDIOMS ARE HARD Rinn is rather articulate for a 6-year-old. Sometimes he will confuse “distinct” with “extinct” and he still pronounces “...

JEZEBEL or JAMIE? If first grade is any indication of what I’m up against when it comes to Rinn and girls then I’m, for lack of a better w...

My sense of frugality is funny. As long as I can use a coupon or apply some type of discount code I think I am getting the deal of a life...

My approach to life can be best described as all or nothing. This blog for instance. Half of the year you’re inundated with posts, pictu...

Growing up I had a complicated relationship with sleep. And by complicated I mean that I hated to go to sleep but when I finally did, I h...

The phrase “Flo is coming to town” has never really had great connotations. Unless of course you have a super cool friend named Flo, who...

We spent last weekend at home. Trust me, this is news. Of the two months that we’ve been South Carolinians, we’ve spent approximately tw...

As Corpus Christi is about to face the wrath of Hurricane Harvey I can’t help but feel nostalgic. I realize that is a weird feeling to ha...