That’s exactly what Ping said to me when (pretty much the second we got home) the neighborhood association lady showed up with our “Major Award” for the Christmas lighting contest.

I didn’t ever get a chance to take a picture of our house all lit up this year, but it was pretty.  I find the fact [...]

Someday, I’d love to take a picture like this one I found on Flickr:

But I’m just now learning how to create bokeh, so I’ve got a long way to go.  Can I also just say that I really hate that word!  Can’t they call it something else?  It sounds made up, ridiculous, and nerdy, like [...]

I’m curious, and so I’m going to be completely honest in the hopes that I’ll get actual comments (battle # 1) that are also completely honest (battle # 2).  I’m going to write about complaining.  Yep, complaining.

How many of you moms out there complain on a day to day basis?  This or that is really [...]

On Christmas Eve, Oklahoma was blasted with a giant snow storm.  The lake was beautiful and covered with heaps and heaps of soft beautiful snow!  And, as it so happens, the lake house has a very steep, very long driveway. So, even though we were not even the least bit prepared, we made the best [...]

Here’s what I thought would happen by the time I turned 30:

I would have three or four kids.
I would not have any gray hair.
I wouldn’t like turning 30 one bit.

Here’s how it really went:

I left the two kids I’m blessed to have, with my parents while my husband took me out to paint the town [...]

It’s 10:30 pm and my two babies are in bed.  They have been for hours now.  They were completely tuckered out after what I kind of thought was a pretty lame birthday.  We’re slightly under the weather around here, so we weren’t hitting parks, stores, or anything else that could be construed as baby fun. [...]

This toy is AWESOME!  And I’m pretty sure my girls are even going to like it.  Hehehe…  Last night after I uploaded the music, names, and favorites, I laid in bed and listened to soothing music until Tyce came in.  I wish they made one for adults.  Sometimes I sleep listening to my iPod, but [...]

Check out my mantle:

Kendra brought me a wreath she made me for my birthday, and I think it’s beeee-yooo-tiful up there!  Although, since the mantle looked so pretty, it did knock this poor little guy out of the running of ever being hung there again:

I should not do crafts.  It isn’t in my wheelhouse.  Luckily, [...]

Today is a busy day!  Today we’re celebrating the girl’s second birthday.  And all day long, it has been grammatically driving me nuts.  With twins, it’s a hard thing to get right.  I’m talking about two girls, but I’m also referring to them as a unit, “the girls”.  So, is it the girls’s birthday, the [...]

The internet is a crazy thing.  I didn’t like it at all until I was pregnant with my twins.  I was so nervous about everything relating to pregnancy, that I immediately started doing research and seeking out any information that would help ease my mind.  The What to Expect book was nerve-racking at best.  DO [...]