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My Blog about stuff – family, sports, travel, and cooking.
My blog is almost like my journal. I keep track of my kids’ various activities, from Taekwondo to Soccer to Band. I also spend time writing about our various travels, whether to family or one of the many soccer events we attend. You might also find a good recipe, or two!
Planning a family vacation sounds exciting. Until you open seventeen tabs, compare hotel prices, try to balance kid activities with adult sanity, and realize you still have no idea what you are actually doing on Tuesday afternoon. AI cannot pack your suitcase. But it can dramatically reduce the…
This recipe all started with a class project. Braden had a presentation on Madagascar. His job was to put together slides on all sorts of things related to this country, such as the type of government, the capital, exports and imports, and who the leader is. He was also told to bring something to…
For my next book, I read The Place of Many Trees from the Sadie Gray FBI Mystery Series by RB Schow. This time, Sadie Gray and Brad Tulle are sent to the remote forests of Northern California after multiple bodies are discovered hanging from trees, each marked with the same ritualistic symbol. What…
There’s something strange about suddenly having space. For so long, my days have been scheduled down to the minute — work, school pickups, soccer, laundry, dinner, repeat. And now, for the first time in a long time, I’m stepping into a season that feels a little uncertain but also full of…
Another one down from the Sadie Gray FBI Mystery Series! This time, Sadie Gray goes undercover in The Girl With No Tomorrow by RB Schow. After everything she’s been through, this next case takes Sadie completely out of her comfort zone and into a much more isolated, high-risk environment. Without…
For the past 11 years, a little corner of my identity has been tied to one company. Or maybe more accurately several versions of the same company. It started in a tiny office in Edmond at iThemes. I still remember Monday lunches with the team, laughing until we cried, and feeling genuinely excited…
There is a version of parenting that looks calm and organized. Then there is sports season. Cleats by the door. Water bottles everywhere. Dinners eaten at odd hours. Laundry that never fully catches up. At first, it feels chaotic. Then you realize something else is happening. You Learn What Actually…
So excited for Book 4 of the Sadie Gray FBI Mystery Series called The Murder Society! When Sadie Gray worked her last assignment, she never expected that the end of one case would rocket her right into the next, but then the creep said her name, told her she was on his list. When Sadie…
There’s something about senior year that sneaks up on you. You know it’s coming. You’ve known for years, really. But knowing something intellectually and feeling it in your heart are two very different things. And when you’re the mom of a senior, the end of the school year starts to feel like a…