Frozen, Texas-Style: The Snow Never Bothered Us Anyway

We don’t get snow often in Texas, and certainly not enough to shut down Dallas for over a week! The kids were out of school for SEVEN days…and we made the most of it.

2020 In The Rearview

2020 – what a year you were! Despite the way it turned all of our lives upside down with a mixed bag of ups and downs, it turned out to be one of my favorite years of all time. I’ve learned so much this year about myself and those I choose to surround myself with, not to mention every possible video conferencing app ever created.

Our Christmas Haul

In what’s typically a shindig-filled month of celebration, Christmas 2020 didn’t gift us with the “presents of other’s presence.” Ours was a very small affair. Despite that – or maybe because of it! – the gifts flowed heavily this year!

Help Build Amazing Families for National Adoption Month

Did you know that the average adoption costs nearly $50,000 in one-time expenses? Could you come up with that chunk of change without destroying your finances or working three jobs? I can’t imagine anyone not being able to help a child and build a family simply because they can’t come up with that large lump sum, which is why I’m so passionate about the work that helpusadopt.org does.

Celebrate My 100th Episode & Win My Favorite Things!

In celebration of my 100th live episode (ONE HUNDRED!), I’m giving away a bunch of my favorite things that I’ve talked about over the past few months of our daily chats!

Mount Rushmore Or Bust: Our Maiden RV Voyage

Earlier this summer, we set out on a two-week maiden voyage in our (now beloved) Winnebago, Bernadette, our beloved Winnebago, with our sights set on checking Mount Rushmore off our travel bucket lists.