When you live near both sets of families, there’s plenty of Christmas traditions and activities to keep you busy. When you’ve moved a thousand of miles away, though, that’s when you have to get a little creative. When we first moved to Texas, we still had a console TV. (You remember those, a “big” picture … Continue reading “Creative Christmases”
Category: Fort Worth
Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though
I mentioned in our trips to Northville and New Paltz how trip planning isn’t really our thing. As a group. My own family trips are a different story. When we moved from New York to Florida, we drove down in my Honda Civic. Not roomy, but how much room did an infant and a six … Continue reading “Trip Planning Is MY Thing, Though”
Sick Day
So after weeks of working in the TB ward that is my office, I finally succumbed to the plague. On Friday afternoon around 4pm. That sucked. So today’s post is naturally a bit late, because writing requires that I be able to sit up for a time, and also thinking that my brain-thing does. Or … Continue reading “Sick Day”
Natural Born Killer
I was living in Orlando and had a work trip to Fort Worth. My friend Susan, who lived in Fort Worth, invited me to check out her barrel horse Brownie, so we headed out to the stable where she boarded him. Now, in case you don’t know, a barrel horse is a particular kind of … Continue reading “Natural Born Killer”