Last week was the EPIC (my kids' favorite word) winter storm of 2011.  4 days of cancelled school.  Thick sheets of ice and then 6 inches of snow piled on top by Friday.  Temperatures below freezing for days on end and rolling blackouts across the state.  Even our hot tub pipes froze (the freeze protection…

It's now 4:59 am. I'm sitting in the car in 38 degree temps at a local Methodist church. Wha?? There are 2 slots left in a preschool class that I really want Samuel to be in next year. I had heard crazy rumors from my neighbors of people getting here at 4:30 am to wait…

Our snow day project – coffee filters with colorful marker designs, sprayed with water, left to dry, then folded and cut with snowflake designs. Voilà! Fun for all!

How cool is this?! My brother Michael and his wife Olivia are having a precious baby boy in April – Reid Michael Robinson is his name.  Look at this sweet face!  And my other brother Mark and his wife Anne are ALSO having a baby boy (they told us last night) at the end of June. …

The Texas Half was around White Rock Lake – starting and ending at Winfrey Point.  The weather was IDEAL with a low in the 40s and a high in the 70s.  Dana and Shirlene and I all accomplished our personal goals for the run.  And we had the sweetest cheering section looking for us along…

Dear Jacob, Caleb and Samuel: Many years ago (in high school) your mom was an athlete.  As in – she played a sport for every season.  She wasn't the star of any one thing, but she was decent enough to play and contribute.  Then in college, she was less of an athlete and very much…

I looked at the forecast tonight and saw one thing – TENDER mercy.  Me and Shirlene and Dana have been working hard to prepare for our half marathon coming up on Saturday and extreme cold/snow/rain/etc. are NOT condusive to a successful half…at all.    Let's examine for a moment the beauty of Saturday with it's…

Hello – my name is Meredith and I have an addiction to Period Dramas.  (No – not public displays of affection!).  I need to be in Period Dramas Anonymous. I am addic-ted. PBS Masterpiece Classics and those like it. Emma.  Persusasion.  Cranford.  Return to Cranford.  Larkrise to Candleford.  Downton Abbey.  Seriously – I could watch…

When my dad was in the hospital over Thanksgiving he requested his Bose speakers so he could listen to his Ipod in his hospital room.  I may or may not have hinted a few times that I thought they were really cool and that I would enjoy having a set of my own (I'm shameless,…

This guy is calling it quits after 25 years: Kind of fun to say we've seen him in person – and in his last season!