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Win, Lose or Draw...
I've lost sleep over this last post of the year thinking about what impression to leave you with.
So about my 2014 blogging goals...
A Christmas Eve Story...
In December of 1977, I had just turned seven years old. A "Baby Alive" doll was on my Christmas wish list.
We had flown to Pennsylvania to visit my grandmother because she was in the hospital and we were flying back home on Christmas Eve.
Here's the Season...
Happy December!!!
Instead of writing new stories this month, I've decided to share a variety of archived stories - one for each day leading up to Christmas.
Here's the thing... I think this will be my blog-advent-tradition.
I caught Santa doing his business...
We were going out of town that year. Santa left something in Christopher's stocking, including this photo. So see, Santa made himself at home while we were gone.
A Christopherism Thanksgiving
My husband and I tried not to get into the spirit of tradition, make gumbo and call it Thanksgiving.
Christopher had other plans for us.
Birthdays, Baking, Basketball & Traveling while Blogging...
I am going to do a little something different in December.
Because there's birthdays, and birthdays and MY birthday and baking, and basketball, AND traveling, I am not going to stress myself out about ...
Easy Carrot Cake made from scratch...
This post is linked up with Finish the Sentence Friday, "Right now, I am thankful for..." and Ladies Only Blog Share
A selfie revelation: It has victory written all over it...
Despite not being a big fan of the outdoors, when I am with nature, I feel closest to God. As I was snapping pictures of myself looking at the sky, I was purposefully trying to capture a, "Are you there God, it's me Kenya" kind of face.
I have one of the Few Good Men...
Once upon a time, my daddy tried to marry me off to my brother's recruiter. On the day my brother's recruiter was coming to the house to meet my parents I happened to be home as well. We all answered the door. I had an attitude about my brother becoming a stereotyped knucklehead Marine...
My Cooking: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
That moment when you know YOU will have to eat the Pinterest meal leftovers. #silentdisapproval.
The Cigarette Man...
It's Finish the Sentence Friday!
"When I was a little kid, I thought... the cigarette man was real."
I shared the original story in May of 2012.
Pinterest Recipes: A Needle in a Haystack...
I have three "food" boards - Recipes I have tried, Recipes I should try and Weight Watchers.
It drives me nuts when I am looking for a recipe that I know I pinned, and of course I'll be looking for it from my phone, while in the parking lot of a grocery store.
The Secret Ingredient is Paprika...
When my son started playing football a couple months ago, practice was three nights a week. That meant I wasn't going to be home to cook.
After the first practice we were eating Popeye's fried chicken at 9pm.
To preserve my waistline and save some money, I really needed to get organized and plan meals ahead.
Sports Moms: How do YOU spell relief?
I don't know if I am cut out to be a sports mom - as if I have a choice. The last 8 weeks almost seem like an out of body experience. Thanks to Facebook, I have proof that I was present.
Wordless Wednesday on Me Time
One day I'll tell you the story. Today I'm just without words really - rather without time to write them.
The Halloween I went as "Supermom"...
I thought I had a lot of time on my hands. So I spent much of it overcompensating on single parenting and trying to make the best memories for Christopher in his father's absence.
Don't stop believing...
Just a few weeks ago, in my reflection of the shutdown post I said, "Sometimes I hate being a grown up." Sometimes I wish I could go back to the magic of believing in certain things...
Fake it 'til you make it...
The latest and greatest among website technology is having an app for that. I've done my research and it is expensive. What you can get for free isn't much right now. Five years is a long time, so this might be a stretch... but I'm betting that over time some of these web hosts will have "app-making" as part of their package deal. Until then...
App icons for mobile websites...
Web shortcuts for iOS devices
I don't know about you, but I do A LOT of stuff from the palm of my hand. Most times I am reading internet news and blogs from my phone.
Using an RSS feed reader app on the phone is cool, but what's even better is clicking the icon that belongs to the site I want to visit.
It's not rocket science...
Yesterday Christopher watched me trying to create an app icon. He said, "Are you making that for your blog?" I said, "Sort of." He said, "You're great at technology. I think that's the best thing you do." I said, "Hmmm. I am not sure how to take that." (flashes of unimpressed faces at recent crockpot meals go through my mind)...