Graceful Parenting in Austin

I found it. My time. Where it went. The time I spend blogging or hanging around the house, the unplanned, unproductive time that renews me and makes me stronger. It has been at work. Working to hard, too many hours, early in the morning, on weekends. So many variables, short on people, long on challenges, [...]

Another weird thing about being pregnant is sometimes I get exhausted, which is different than tired, because I’m not sleepy, but my body needs to lay down and it feels really good to lay down. Some times I don’t sleep, I just rest, other times I think I don’t sleep, but then I have a [...]

In a few days time, we put a low offer on a new house, they didn’t take it, Blue Eyes lost his job, we started construction on our current house, the new house guys reconsidered the low offer, too late. We love our house and our block but not the construction as much. Funny after [...]

One funny thing about being pregnant is that the jeans fit lower on the waist and the underwear are larger, so when I lean over or my shirt lifts up in back, I flash a little of my white cotton big girl underwear. A little funny, but not too sexy.

I met Helen a year ago, on Halloween night, when I was trick-or-treating with Noel and Baby Girl. Helen invited us into her house, which was strange. We went inside and Helen offered us apple turnovers from HEB, an odd Halloween food and pretty messy inside a candy bag. I remember how lonely she was [...]