A couple months ago, I told you about a pretty disturbing article by Dallas’ CultureMap that was the epitome of victim blaming. It was the case of Ryan Romo, a 19 year old high school student in an affluent area of Dallas, who was arrested for raping a younger student after a local concert. His lawyer has managed to keep a pretty good lid on the case, despite an uproar of local interest. The reactions to this case have been exceedingly disturbing, as can be seen by the…

I have been sick and basically living on my couch this week. I haven't been sick all winter but of course, when it's nice weather, I get a sinus infection that knocks me on my arse for the week. Ugh.

I've been meaning to write about our trip to the Rocky Mountain Wildlife Park in …

It is the first weekend of Spring and planning fun activities for the children will be enjoyable for the whole family. This weekend in Atlanta, we will have a...

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Adventures in Sweets and Cross Training

Last week wasn't a great eating week for me. I still continued eat pretty healthy meals for the most part, but between meals I digressed quite a bit. Monday our neighbors came by with Girl Scout cookies and we were not going to turn them down. They are great neighbors, so we bought 4 boxes. Since I am at work more than I am at home,…

With this beautiful October weather still gracing us with it's presence, it has been like having 'bonus' days for getting out in the fresh air.  None more so than for a trip to the park. 

Now I feel very lucky with the park facilities near to where we live as there are several choices (probably due to it being a seaside resort) but my…

The age old question is "To hop or not to hop?" We've been debating the Disney hoppers for years. Some families (ours) purchase a hopper for every single trip. Regardless. We are the type that must get every minute of magic in and if that means we hop from park to park so be it. Other families (families that I also consider to be Disney experts) never hop. They prefer to focus on one park per day. Period. There is no right or wrong answer. I think it is simply a matter of preference, time of…

Ethan LOVES playgrounds. He would go to the park everyday if I would take him. He always has so much fun. It never seems to get old. And because he loves it so much, we try to take him...a lot. I just love seeing his eyes get big with excitement just to go down (or up) a slide he's been down a 100 times. It's still an adventure for him. There's still a thrill. You know that feeling you get when you know you're gonna get a tax refund? It's kind of like that - it never gets…