I (unexpectedly) had the day off from work today, so after going to the Memorial Day event downtown, I headed to a corner table at Panera to work on some writing, blog emails, Starlite work, etc. for the next six hours (with a nice little break when my friend Tyler — who is so funny [...]

On the first day of this year, I posted a list of things I wanted to do during this year. I’ll give you a full report on how the list is going sometime soon, but today I want to tell you about how I completed one of them, number 36, by sharing an excerpt of [...]

1. Who knows a secret or two about you? Cupcake Cara. 2. Four words to explain why you last threw up? I can do it in two: food poisoning. 3. Have you ever burned yourself? Does every single time I attempt to cook count? 4. Who is your hero? I’m thinking about the military a [...]

Well, I’d just like to begin this post by mentioning that the other parents didn’t seem to get the memo about dressing up for ye olde class party. Near the end of the day a mom showed up dressed like something that I think was supposed to be an elf, but for the majority of [...]

One of my best friends in the world, my darling Cara Maggie, is living in Ecuador this year where she’s working with orphans. We get to email fairly frequently and have even managed a couple of phone calls, but I still miss hearing what’s happening in her life and telling her about my own. And [...]

Well, I’m still having trouble with the photos and I’m super busy, so I guess we’ll push the post about Hawaii Amy Beth off yet another day. HOWEVER, to offset your sadness, I offer up a video Cousin Cate and I made for you the other night when we snuck into a gated park where [...]

Well, my little bloggy has decided not to cooperate with me this morning and won’t load any of the pictures I want to show you from yesterday. While we wait for it it get its little act together, I have a question for y’all: after Katie’s wedding in June, Cate, myself and one of our [...]

Oh yes, I wore flowers in my hair.  Full report tomorrow morning!

It’s 5:54 a.m. and I’m up trying to figure out how I’m going to get these ri-darn-diculous flowers TO STAY PUT IN MY HAIR.  I’ve got the hot rollers heating (don’t judge), treat bags almost finished and a 1.5 hour drive ahead of me to make it there in time for MY FIRST EVER CLASS [...]

While we were eating lunch today, a high school friend of Cate’s came up to the table to show Cate her newborn daughter, which she actually ended up leaving with us for a few minutes while she went to talk to someone else. The entire time she was gone, Cate never took her eyes off [...]