November 27-29, 2003 One weekend, I took Cody to meet his hunting partner in Woodsboro.  It’s about a five hour drive from here.  On my way back, I wound up picking up Jack.  We had a great weekend just the two of us.  We mostly just hung out at the house. I’ve always loved this picture. . . of him just barely awake watching his morning cartoons. I did take him to Baskins where I picked him up a Camo coat.  Tell me this...

It’s no secret that I love dessert.  (Like this or this).  I come by it naturally.  Three women in my family are really to blame for this.  After all, when you eat dessert, you must never blame yourself. My mom almost always had something planned for dessert when I was growing up. . . and you couldn’t have dessert until after you ate the rest of your meal.  This meant that dessert was extra special.  I often wonder if...

Yesterday, I took the afternoon off.  I scheduled a hair appointment and used the rest of my time to do a little shopping- to follow where inspiration led me. The first stop was Hobby Lobby.  I needed fabric for a couple of shirts I want to try making.  Not being a seamstress there’s not telling how that venture will turn out.  I’d been looking at fabrics online and found a few that I loved.  I knew I wouldn’t find them at...

Last year, Cody and I went to our second balloon races in Longview.  This time we let my little brother tag along.  We’d only been there the Sunday morning races a few year back but knew we wanted to see what the balloon glow is about. It was a long weekend and I’ve got a million pictures, but I’ll try to keep it somewhat condensed. We were there super early.  Parking fills up fast and when you’re not from around...

Back a little over a year ago, my brother, husband, and I went to a park in Kilgore while trying to kill time between balloon race events.  (I won’t go into those details now). . . We took a few pictures, rested, and at lunch.  But, then later that day, I somehow managed to delete those pictures along with some others. Monday, I had a surprise opportunity to re-visit the park- and get paid to do it.  At work, we had a document that...