We've a trend started, I think. Here is the first weekend of Spring in Tulsa, 2010: (click through to see...)

Yeah, that’s my street…and my oldest and youngest children almost knee-deep in rushing water. Two hours later, we just had puddles. This is what happens when, as Second Son said when he slopped in from the bus, “Mom! It’s rainin’ out there like Jesus himself is...

We’re going to have some major fun at our house this month. I know you’ll be wishing you could be here to share the joy, so I’ll do my best to post pictures and maybe even a video or two so you can feel included. The first bit ‘o fun on the schedule was opening our pool. This is a picture of our pool, taken oh…probably at least 4 summers...

Did you get a chance to tune in to President Obama’s address to the nation last night? If not, here are his opening remarks: I wish this video included the almost 45 minutes of questions and answers that followed, but I guess that’d be too dang big for YouTube to handle. Of all the things I saw on the news last night afterward, the thing that most...

It seems difficult to get into a groove so far in 2009. Too many interruptions, it feels like, though when I write it out, I sound like a big whiner. Here we are at the beginning of Week 6, and the kids have only been in school for two full weeks out of the 5 that have passed. Of course, they were out of school on the 19th for Martin Luther King day, but then this...

Let me tell you the story of my week, so far. As I sit here in my office typing (yes, all bundled up with my gloves ON) know, up front, that this is a glass-half-full tale. Let’s rewind to Sunday afternoon, shall we? It was a record setting warm day – 75 degrees at 3pm on DECEMBER 14th! Yes, it was lovely. Kids outside playing, running around in t-shirts...

Roads Driveways have always been significant in our family for as long as I remember. It started with a picture of the winding dirt road driveway up the mountain in West Virginia atop which lived my Grandpa and Grandma (my dad’s father and step-mother.) I don’t remember when (it was WAY back in my childhood) but someone, likely Mom, framed that picture...

There’s something really special about a gentle summer rain in Oklahoma. Maybe it’s the fact that we don’t often get rain without accompanying weather drama. Maybe it’s the temporary break we get from the blazing heat. Whatever it is, this is what I woke up to this morning: …and I declare it a beautiful thing. I was so happy to see the...

So, ok, as I’m sure you’ve noticed by now, I SUCK at things like NaBloPoMo. I post much more often when I’m not trying to post everyday than I do when I am trying to post everday. Must be the inner rebel in me…I don’t know. But I’ve decided to do a little experiment: July’s NaBloPoMo theme is: Food. Now, come on – can...

This morning, it was actually in the upper 50′s when I woke up…cold enough to open up the windows again! Woo-hoo! Unheard of in mid-June! PDD had to feed her horses on BellaSara.com (amazing she remembers to do that but Pepper, our dog, has a hard time getting fed.) While she was sitting there, she actually asked me if she could close the window because...