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How to spend a staycation

I’m back from my staycation. As in, back in the groove and the swing and the ol’ routine, not “back” as in “back from a lovely trip to an exotic land” unless you consider the Walmart on NW 13th Street in Gainesville “exotic”, which I don’t. Actually, you will see some “wildlife” but not

A Very Austin Christmas

Hey, y’all, it’s getting festive up in the Austin Haus! I’m talking all kinds of festive.

Much mistletoe’in, you guys. MUCH.

Haul out your Christmas PJs in early December and sit under the tree kind of fun.

I’m talkin Christmas tree earring type

Think Pink Party

Next month marks two years since my Mom finished her chemotherapy for breast cancer. It also marks two years since my baby was born.

Those two events are intertwined in the fabric of our family story.

When my Mom was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010, it was only a couple months after I

Dear Toddler: Revenge is on my mind

My dear, sweet boy:

As you’re laying face down in the Walmart check-out line, face planted, tears streaming, legs kicking, because I oh-so callously took away that bag of Combos from your hot little hands, you probably think my mind is on — oh, I don’t know — the myriad of diseases coating the

The magic of technology

My grandpa has three granddaughters, two great-grandaughters and this one little boy. He was so excited for a little testosterone in our family that he wanted to get Luke something super boy-ish for Christmas — a great big yellow dump truck, which Luke loves.

This right here? My 80-something grandpa

Our 5th Anniversary Trip

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I was a #SeniorHottie two

During last year’s #SeniorHottie, I showed you my senior picture. For this one, I wanted to show you just how tragic my hair and clothing really was. It was the late 90s. Please have some grace.

Many things I don’t understand about this picture, such as why

It’s gonna be a fun summer

When we bought our house almost three years ago, we looked at the backyard, the sparse grass, the sandy soil and the huge tree stump right in the middle and said “It’s a blank canvas.”

My Dad said “blank canvas” was code for “terrible backyard”, but we had a vision.

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