Raising Camelot

Taking One for the Team

is upon us and I'm kicking it off right by making a deal with hundreds of family and friends, not to mention thousands of strangers. But I'll get to that in a minute. I grew up in Arkansas. I attended the University of Arkansas. I was an active member of a sorority at said university. I lived ... View Post

In Which I Admit My Addiction

in Confidential, Write on 09/04/10

husband thinks I'm insane. I suppose since I usually flee "chick drama" with my heels on fire, it doesn't make any darn bit of sense that I'm glued to the DVR every Monday night after the kids go to bed. But I can't help myself. Trash TV is an addiction. Guilty. And as for The Real ... View Post

Poop, Croup & Spiders

in Confidential on 09/01/10

would be a succinct description of my day. When my week gets chaotic — as it has this past week — you might notice I don't post for a few days. Or a week. Or more. Just trying to keep the fires out. Or at least at a slow burn. And then I'll have a day like today and know if I don't find an ... View Post

Believe it or Not

in Dwell on 08/22/10

really don't spend my life in thrift stores. Honest. It just seems that way. I usually only make it to a thrift store once a week, and then it's usually because the long, hot, miserable, humid, turgid, ferocious, scorching, summer weather has inflicted cabin fever on my boys, a dose so severe ... View Post

Say Hello to My Lil’ Friend

in Confidential on 08/20/10

, wait. That's how I felt on Tuesday. Just imagine my old computer in the line of fire and you'll just about have it. Here we go: Toshi and I have spent the last few days making friends. I haven't introduced him to all the other kids in the neighborhood yet, but so far, he's seems to be ... View Post