• {recipe}: Zesty Tropical Party Punch

    June 15, 2012

    With so many wonderful fruits {and veggies} in season right now, I find myself craving drinks and snacks that I can incorporate them into.  The other day I pretty much finished off an entire pint of organic grape tomatoes along with some hummus that my sister had in her fridge…

  • When it sucks, it sucks.

    June 11, 2012

      This is my dad while being diagnosed in the emergency room. Please pray he gets better soon! At least he was in good spirits! Where do I begin?  The past 48 hours have been insanely emotional and unexpected.  I left my home over a week ago to come down…

  • I Choose Skin Health. Do you?

    June 8, 2012

    As a kid growing up under the warm, radiant Texas sun, I remember spending hours and hours outdoors at the pool during the summer months.  I can’t honestly say that I remember using sunscreen as a kid, but that might have something to do with the fact that my parents…

  • Missing my boys.

    June 7, 2012

    These past several days have been rough.  I so miss my boys!  Well, I do actually have one of them with me, my 2 year-old, but only relying on phone calls and texts with my older two kiddos has been ruuuu-ough! Although I've been enjoying this time with my family,…

  • Helicopter government is at it again.

    June 4, 2012

    New York city mayor Bloomberg is a super-sized jackass & should be banned.  I'm just sayin'.   I have been so insanely looking forward to posting about this ever since I heard about it last week.  I'm just about fuming.  As you may well know, New York Mayor Bloomberg has recently…

  • Sandwiches

    May 31, 2012

    I have been in this total "planning mode" for my sister's baby shower this weekend down in Austin.  Recently, when deciding on the menu, I got into a discussion with the kids about sandwiches.  We started talking about all kinds of off-the-wall and truly different sandwiches.  We even reminisced about…