At 2:42 this morning, I was sleeping safe and sound in my bed here in Dallas. But I wish I could have been in College Station. I wish I could have walked down the path to the Aggie Bonfire Memorial along with the others gathered there to remember the fallen 12 who were killed when…
Thanksgiving Menu and Tips
Thanksgiving is almost upon us! In preparation for the big day, I wanted to share our full Thanksgiving menu, along with a timeline and a few tips on how I’m going to pull everything together.
I'm *so* organized…
This is another post where I admit just how ridiculous I am. You see that calendar up there? That’s a magnetic dry-erase calendar on the front of our refrigerator. You see, I like things to be organized. I didn’t say things in my life *are* organized, just that I *like* for them to be. Well,…
Pecan Pie Cookies
I’m always looking for a little something different to serve at our holiday meals. Pie is such a traditional dessert — you can’t have Thanksgiving without pie. But pie-ish cookies? Now *that’s* something I’d like to try! The Nerd is not a huge fan of pecan pie. But he really liked these cookies. I think…
The Unidentified by Rae Mariz
As you probably already know, I am a *huge* fan of dystopian fiction. So when I first heard about The Unidentified by Rae Mariz, I was excited for a different kind of dystopian. It sounded like such an interesting premise, I couldn’t wait to read it. “Kid knows her school’s corporate sponsors not-so-secretly monitor her…