• Hispanicize 2012: Why I want to go

    As I was sifting through my emails in my inbox today, I came across one from one of my most-visited PR blogs, hispanicPRblog.  The headline grabbed me immediately: Univision Communications Becomes Presenting Media Partner & Sponsor of Hispanicize 2012 Just upon reading the brand "Univision", I was instantly taken back…

  • Focusing on the Joy

    I'll admit — it's hard.  Hard to focus on anything other than "getting stuff done" during this time of year.  Well, for me anyway.  I guess I shouldn't speak for the rest of you.  But, as I was going to through my gazillion emails in my inbox recently, I received…

  • Appliances are toys, too!

    Our 12+ year-old washer finally gave out last week.  I wasn’t surprised.  We’d never done any maintenance on the thing and pretty much ran it ragged with loads upon loads of laundry.  Hubs and I had been talking about getting a new washer/dryer set soon anyway, so it was kind…

  • Hello, September! Let’s get busy.

    (Nathan & I with our fun glasses from Irish Fest – a Labor Day tradition.) Goodbye, summer.  I will surely miss you.  In fact, I can't think of a single person who will miss you more than I.  Seriously. But alas, September is here and I've got lots on my…

  • My right now …

         watching … Kate Plus Eight on TLC.  Crazy, I know.  But I've watched the show ever since it was actually called Jon & Kate.  It's a dumb show.  But I just can't look away.  I think it's the fact that everytime I watch it I am reminded what…

  • Bike ride

    Sometimes football practice being cancelled can be a blessing.  Yes, even for me, a great football fan.  Because of the strong thunderstorms we had earlier today, my son's afternoon football practice was cancelled because the fields were too wet up at the school. So, after dinner we went on a…

  • SheStreams Conference — I WANT to go!

    Happy Monday, peeps!  You may have noticed that beautifully colorful banner ad over on my sidebar that will take you to the SheStreams info page when you click it.  I found out about this conference about two months ago and knew I wanted to attend.  When I found out who…

  • Not your typical library finds

    Our summer days are filled with regular trips to the library.  Most of the time we're able to fill our canvas and reusable book bags to the brim with colorful reads, exciting chapter books, autobiographies about baseball stars and football stars, and even a few fun DVDs for the occasional…