Like totally dreamy…this week I got a date to The Prom!  I would love to share all the juicy details, but I’m going to wait until it’s all “officially” official. I baked you this delicious bass…

Happy New Year, Everybody! For those of you on the west coast, we beat you to the new year by 3 hours… (Photo taken on Sanibel Island with Anna’s new camera she purchased with her Christmas / birthday / contest winnings money.)

It’s crazy how you can start your day shoveling snow and end your day sweating in 75 degree weather. We spent a good chunk of our first day in Florida at the swimming pool. The girls were quite pleased and I can’t complain. We had a good “second” Christmas with my parents and look forward…

Wrote 4,500+ words today in my effort to get to 50,000 by the end of the month.  I am almost caught up to what I should be for today, but I'll have another 1,666 due tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that, and… I'm tired already.

I deactivated my FB account yesterday.  It felt so liberating–I gotta admit.  Like throwing a bunch of old file folders into the recyle bin.  I was curious about FB because of all the initial invites, and after joining it I did make some cool connections with old friends, but ultimately I think it just was…

Well, San Clemente Beach, California is only two hours south (approx.)…by plane.  We had a business trip* down there over the weekend.  It was an amazing time.  We got a few hours on the beach Saturday afternoon.  (I love beaches.  It's in my blood or something.)  The girls really enjoyed it.  Christa and I didn't…