A Ridiculous Tale of Incoordination + Discoloration, Told in Three Parts. Act III: The Finale.

December 14th, 2012

Welcome to Part Three of the tale of broken bones, black eyes, failing, falling and flying. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Where have you been?! Living your life in a wonderfully fulfilling way? Oh, I see. Well, here you go then…A recap for you: Act One.  Act Two.  Caught up? Okay. So Jenny and I were [...]

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Oh The Holiday Cards I’d Send You…If I Actually Sent Holiday Cards.

December 11th, 2012

I used to be great at sending out Holiday cards…but sometime over the last five years I’ve just sort of stopped. I feel bad about that. Or, kind of bad. Sorta. I mean, I still make a few cards every year for posterity’s sake or whatever…and I usually send one to my mom. But for [...]

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The Oh Hellos: A Texas Band You Should Be Listening To

December 10th, 2012

No doubt you’ll be hearing more from them in the future, but here’s another Texas Music heads up for now: You should know The Oh Hellos. Do you like Mumford & Sons, the Avett Brothers, Nickel Creek, Mutual Admiration Society? Well, then you’ll love The Oh Hellos. They’re Maggie and Tyler Heath, a brother/sister duo [...]

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Bring It, St. Nicholas.

December 6th, 2012

I just got home from a very quick trip to New York late last night, and while I was there, we got an email from Harry’s teachers that each kid should bring a single shoe in to school for St. Nicholas day. (They would be putting the shoes in the hallway in hopes that St. [...]

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A Ridiculous Tale of Incoordination + Discoloration, Told in Three Parts. Act II: Throwing Your Weight Around.

December 4th, 2012

Are you ready for Act II of this story? Of course you are. You’ve been waiting for a week. Well, let’s go then. But first, let’s recap: You may remember that I broke my tailbone from walking, then I got a black eye from sleeping., then I decided to climb up a very tall ladder. It’s [...]

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Here’s What: A Quick Note to Elf on the Shelf Overachievers

December 3rd, 2012

This isn’t a new sentiment. And I’m by no means the first to type this, but it apparently needs to keep being said because you’re getting more out of control by the day. You. Yes you, You Overachieving Elf on the Shelf people. It’s one thing that you’re all over my Facebook, Twitter & Instagram pages…jolly-ly hanging [...]

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Goodbye, My Friend.

November 29th, 2012

I know that I said I’d be writing about trapezing today, but I got some sad news this afternoon, and I’m just a little too blue to write about anything as joyful and throwing yourself off a high platform. My mom’s sister passed away today. It wasn’t completely unexpected…she’s 24 years older than my mother, [...]

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This Year’s Advent Calendar

November 28th, 2012

I didn’t grow up with Advent Calendars, but one of my neighborhood best friends always had one in her kitchen, and I’ve always been sort of in love with them. Once I had a kitchen of my own, I started making them. I like to do something different every year, and I’ve been pretty creative [...]

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A Ridiculous Tale of Incoordination + Discoloration, Told in Three Parts. Act I: The Spills, The Falls and The Blues.

November 27th, 2012

This is a story of a steep climb and far journey that began at least three months ago. It’s long and and it’s sorted and it involves me body slamming myself regularly, therefore I believe it requires to be told in at least three parts. So let’s do that. August 18, 2012: The day had [...]

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I Missed All The Days.

November 26th, 2012

I missed Black Friday and Small Business Saturday and Somethingwhatever Sunday and now Cyber Monday ends in about five minutes. And I’m still on like Two Weeks Ago Wednesday before Camp Mighty Friday and Thanksgiving Thursday and bloody hell, what day is it? And how the hell did it get to be 5:30 pm? Where [...]

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