The past two weeks have been Chamber of Commerce weather in Houston. High’s in the low 80′s and the humidity almost non-existent. The weather has been fabulous. Rain is forecast by mid-week so the clock is winding down on our perfect weather. Knowing that I decided to plan something for tonight to take advantage of …(Read More)
I’m not an overly religious person. However, I feel like singing spirituals this morning. We are within spitting distance of Texas; that is if you remember that we started in NYC. I’m so excited. that I woke up at 5:45 this morning and just couldn’t go back to sleep. So instead, I came down to …(Read More)
Yesterday Doug and I went to a ginormous factory outlet mall just outside Houston. I’m on a quest for comfortable shoes to take on my upcoming trip to NYC. My friend Yakkity, who works there, said that if I wear my Crocs sandals in NYC I’ll be a pariah. People will cross the street so …(Read More)
I’ll admit that there are moments when they should think about revoking my Mensa membership. I’m not always the brightest bulb, the sharpest tool in the shed, however, you want to say it. But these next two things make no sense to me so I say WTF? First- There’s only 1 more week of the …(Read More)
You can tell it’s a holiday weekend. Almost all the bloggers are taking the weekend off. Even the online news is a re-hash of yesterday. It seems even the criminals are laying low, just hatching their scurrilous plans this weekend but not acting on them. I mean really, who wants to miss out on a …(Read More)
Our oppressive summer weather has settled on top of the Houston area will all heat and the humidity that is so familiar. There will be no more “nice days” for us until late October. It’s like when you were little and you got a big, unsolicited hug from a relative that you’d never met before. …(Read More)
When we last left the happy family they’d just enjoyed a “home cooked” feast of Contadina ravioli and jarred sauce for dinner, lovingly prepared by Grandma who in the process of going to the Publix for 10 items that afternoon had managed to devour Doug’s entire afternoon. After arriving back at the condo they sat …(Read More)
Summer is upon us and for many families, especially those with school-age kids that means vacation time. And for most families that means at least once you’ll be visiting a Disney park. We went in the summer (first mistake) of 1990, when Amanda was almost 6 and Brett had just turned 8. We hadn’t had …(Read More)
Apart from the oppressive heat and humidity I can always tell when summer is fast approaching in Houston. I know this because Academy, a huge sporting goods store, is overwhelming us again with ads for camping equipment. The moms are always shown looking fresh and clean, wearing make-up, and looking deliriously happy. About 20 years …(Read More)
Although it’s only May 30, summer has arrived in Houston. It kinda crept up on us this year, and is already holding us like that relative you only see every few years that hugs you too tight and too long, like you gave them a kidney or something; and what is that smell? I looked …(Read More)
