I came home from work today and was greeted by the smiling face of my sweet daughter. Oh, and this too. And I don’t mean the cat hairballs – I come home to them every day. I never thought I’d be so happy to see my daughter’s basket of dirty laundry. Kelsey is home for a brief visit and ... read more
This Time Last Year
This time last year my daughter was still in high-school. This time last year my husband was not self employed. This time last year my bathroom was still ugly. This time last year I wrote my first blog post. It’s hard to believe how fast this past year has gone by considering what an eventful year ... read more
Labor Pains
I am happy to report that Tripp and I successfully managed to make it through our first weekend as empty-nesters. I’m joking of course (well kinda), but considering the amount of time and energy I’ve spent worrying about what life would be like once Kelsey went to college, I thought it necessary to ... read more
Moving Day
Moving Kelsey to her college dorm was one of the most wonderful, exciting, stressful, exhausting, happy, and emotional days of my life. Tripp, Kelsey, and I got an off to an early start in order to make our 8:30 a.m. check-in time. Tripp drove the truck loaded down with giant tubs of dorm room ... read more
Sitting on Go
Dear Kelsey, Your bags are packed with Nike shorts, T-shirts, and 27 pairs of shoes. Your dorm room stuff is boxed up and labeled with your name and room number. You and Daddy got your bank account set up for online transfers. You are ready to go. It’s been a busy last couple of weeks getting ... read more
Breakaway Part 2–Tortola and Jost van Dyke
After a morning of touring the Baths on Virgin Gorda, our next destination was Tortola’s Diamond Reef. Thankfully the rain let up and we were able to spend the next hour or so snorkeling in the crystal clear water. They all thought the Baths were “cool,” but this is what our kids (I use that ... read more
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