Extra in The Ordinary

I've always been a "career woman". I love working and love business. This was good for our family to help us get to a certain point financially because I needed to be a co-provider.... But then.... The girls were getting older (9 and 12), and we had just paid off most of our bills (all but the house). I got a text from my husband in the middle of the work day letting me know that we had reached our goal and could operate with a single income pretty easily if we wanted to. Wow, then I had a decision to make.  The first decision was  going part time or staying home completely? I decided to only stay home completely if I homeschooled . Otherwise I'd rather have a part time job to stay productive.  The only thing I can say is that I had a sense that these girls were going to be out of the house before we knew it, and my memories with them would be limited to 6-9pm on weekdays and the weekends. I just felt like we needed more time together. I also have a pretty clea...

Punkin' prayed for snow. Her homeschool lesson mentioned snow in Africa, on Mount Kenya (which was unheard of), so that gave her hope.  She watched White Christmas (twice) and decided to stay positive. When the weather mentioned a 10% chance, she just KNEW it would happen. And it did!! Friday December 8th...snow in Houston! She stayed up until 11pm watching it fall then woke up at 3am to look at the blanket of white. She was in it making snow balls and playing with IPK (big sister) by 5am. I helped them make a snow man AFTER I had a full cup of coffee in me. Geez- these kids wake up early when they are excited!! This is the 6am shot...just to show that there really was a slight blanket of white! :)