I couldn’t pull myself away from the computer last night as I read article after article about the senseless bombings that occurred in Boston. I can’t imagine the gore, the terror, the agony and the panic that those people and their families must have experienced. My heart is so heavy…
No photo sums up our weekend trip to New York City better than this one: L-O-V-E. Loved our first weekend away with just the two of us since the kiddos were born.
While we’re off gallivanting in New York City, I thought I would introduce you to the Katy from nearly a decade ago. This post was written on Tuesday, April 13, 2004, on “Postcards from Leeds,” a blog I kept during my year abroad as a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in Leeds, England. Any comments in […]
Start spreading the news. We’re leaving today. (Actually, tomorrow.) We want to be a part of it. New York, New York. Sorry, I can’t help myself. I’ve been singing this song ever since Brian gifted me (on Valentine’s Day) with a trip to New York City. Actually he gifted me with a trip anywhere I […]
Prior to my incredibly lucrative career as a professional blogger (ahem), I was a motivational speaker. You can laugh. It’s funny to me too. [This is the same girl whose signature photo features her in a laundry basket eating Pringles, right?] Most of the motivational speaking I did was business-related. [That’s rich! Did they let […]
I see it as no coincidence that tornadoes are expected in Kansas around the same time as my parents in the middle of this week. Let the cyclone of gift-giving, hugging, kissing, missed bedtimes, doting, running, playing, splashing, reading, snack times, and squealing commence! No one does fun like a grandparent. No one.
Update as of April 10: Congrats to the winner, Dusti! “Ireland. i have always wanted to go there! but in reality, maybe an hour long trip to the coffee shop with my laptop? that sounds like a great vacation to me! p.s. Im new, and really liking your blog! i am also a stay at […]
This week was an exciting one by my standards. I’m pretty sure I put on actual pants at least 3 or 4 times. I wore makeup on more than one occasion. And I even ventured outside the few times the temperatures reached above the 50 degree mark. And I got to feed a llama. Or […]
