It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to an amazing man. I don’t have the words right now to talk about how much he will be missed. But, I am so very thankful that I was able to communicate to him through this blog many times just how I felt about him. Kylie [...]
For a while now, work has been piling on – WHICH IS FANTASTIC – however, add that to a 4-5 days of derby practice (at 2+ hours each) and there isn’t a lot of time for Marc and me to remember life outside of our responsibilities. But, a week or so ago we had dinner at [...]
My team, the Hell Marys, traveled to play the Cen Tex Sirens up in Temple, TX last night. They are a very new team and though we are the loosingest team in our league we came away with a 195 to 33 victory. However, despite our massive win, I got knocked around harder than I have been [...]
Thank you Nicole – that does help!!! That is exactly the problem – misguided/misunderstood expectations, changed plans, really anything unexpected will, as I mentioned yesterday, freak the little dude out. It is super helpful to know that others are dealing/have dealt with the same issues. Also – Ginger (the woman that runs H’s school, and has done [...]
Harrison is only a few short months away from turning three and for the bulk of his twos he has been remarkably un-terrible. But, believe-you-me, he is making up for lost time – between finally getting his last two molars and being sick this kid has been an absolute pain in the arse for the past couple weeks. He [...]
…is having to work late and hearing the squeals and screams of an ecstatic child playing with his Grammy downstairs. Marc’s parents have been with us for a week or so and we’ve been too busy to entertain them at all. However, with my first-ever derby bout and a travel game to Colorado last weekend and [...]
Marc and Harrison entered school this morning and while they walked into the coat room they were greeted with a “Hello Harrison” by Josh, one of his teachers. The second the word “Harrison” left Josh’s lips the sound of a miniature stampede filled the quiet school house. It stopped at the coat room door where Bella, [...]
…and receiving. And boy did we ever receive! Marc, Harrison and I were lucky enough to receive plane tickets to fly back for Christmas courtesy of two very special grandparents and aunty. It was beyond generous and we are extremely grateful. Because without that we would have had to decorate our own house, cook for [...]
Today at school: Harrison takes a little swat at Cole a tough little blond kid whom Harrison both fears and looks up to. Cole: “Don’t hit me.” Harrison: “OK… Are we best friends now?” Cole: “No, we’re not.” And while that exchange certainly doesn’t scream friendship let alone love, last week Harrison did finally make [...]
AN UPDATE: 1. Finances – we have been scrambling to take on and get out as much work as we can as we find ourselves taking on another mortgage (losing a renter and putting your rental property on the market means an immediate loss of income and triple-gain of stress). However, we have faith that [...]
