The traditional photo for every visit: driving the boat with Baba. We haven't been to my parents' cabin in Wisconsin in a few years, but it is delightfully unchanged, for the most part. The colors here are so soothing and rich, like I'd never seen green until I visited the Midwest. The cabin is on... Continue Reading →
Those of you who follow me or my family on social media may be familiar with the story I'm about to tell, so I apologize in advance, but I'm going to tell it anyway. Mary, testing her Nana's limits for human contact during hour 457 of our life at the Charlotte airport. Last week we... Continue Reading →
Last Saturday we flew from El Paso to Florida and I can confirm that dry heat is 100% preferable to this hell-swamp. My daughter wilting in the humidity on my dad's lap. If my parents didn't live here I would never, ever go to Florida, but alas, this is where they've chosen to live out... Continue Reading →
Middle kid elected not to be photographed. After nineteen months, my kids have finally been reunited with their grandparents (my parents). My husband and I went to Italy in November 2019 and my parents stayed with the kids, and that was the last time they saw each other before the pandemic shut everything down. Now,... Continue Reading →
Green curry on the left, red on the right This recipe is really very flexible for different vegetables and proteins (or no proteins)! We've started to get temperatures in the high nineties here in El Paso so I went for a lighter version here, but you could use more regular coconut milk and serve this... Continue Reading →
Central Texas is the barbecue capital of the world. This shouldn't be controversial, but in the barbecue world, them's fightin' words. Texas barbecue is not like the stuff you find in Kansas or the Carolinas -- it's all about meat and smoke and that's it. Those sticky ribs from the chain barbeque place? Not Texan.... Continue Reading →
I fear this has become a blog of complaints, where I whine about customer relations and admin and medical problems, but if you aren't a person with chronic issues, you may not have any idea what goes into the process of staying alive. My oldest kid is allergic to peanuts, which I know because when... Continue Reading →
Y'all. Today is the Mondayest Monday. Last night I had nonstop nightmares, but I can't remember what the nightmares were about, so I don't even know what to be afraid of. Killer spiders? Natural disasters? Escaping a car that's filling with water (this one is on frequent nightmare rotation)? Who knows. I guess I'll just... Continue Reading →
I have a kid who is an instigator. His sole mission is to bother everyone around him. He throws emotional grenades and then runs away, like telling his 3 year old sister it's her birthday and then telling her it's not, so she sobs until we all agree it is, in fact, her birthday. I... Continue Reading →
A hundred years ago we did Whole30, which is an elimination diet meant to purge all the irritants from your system over thirty days and then slowly reintroduce them so you can determine the foods that cause you problems. It's similar to Paleo but more strict. After a couple months eating in the Paleo style,... Continue Reading →
