Wild West Car Trip, part 1

I’m very much a Type-B person and I don’t like planning things far in advance. I’m not Type-B enough that I never like to have a plan–I really, really do. I love having a plan!– I’m just allergic to having one long before it’s needed. Settling down and committing makes me… Read More

Central Texas Swimming Holes

You know Texas is HOT in the summer so although we have swimming pools every ten feet, we also have several beloved swimming’ holes (also it’s always “swimmin'” not “swimming” unless you want to sound like an out-of-towner). Growing up in Michigan we had lakes in every direction. We swam… Read More

Texas Tuesday: Newman’s Castle

I haven’t been writing much about our Texas Tuesdays this summer. Shame on me! I’ve got a whole pile of things to tell you about. One of our most favorite place we went was called Newman’s Castle. This is quite a drive from Austin–about an hour and a half (it’s just… Read More

The Christmas Recovery Zone

Whew! What a Christmas! It’s taken me a whole week just to recover from our vacation. We went to The Motherland (Utah), where several relatives on both sides met us. We spent the entire time going from family to family with tiny interludes of seeing old friends. Relaxing, it was… Read More