• Holidays,  Kids

    Road trip with my boys… all by myself

    Part of being married means you’ve got to split holidays. So for Blake and me, it means we alternate Thanksgiving and Christmas between Georgia and Florida. And this year, it’s was Thanksgiving in Florida. However, this year presented a small complication… Blake recently started a new job… and his new restaurant happens to be open for Thanksgiving… and Thanksgiving happens to be one of their busiest days. And so not wanting to miss the holiday with my family I decided I would brave the trip solo with the boys. Yes, you heard right. Despite all of the prior experiences that would point to this not being a good idea, I…

  • Me

    Toilet Seats, Road Signs and Other Random Thoughts

    Everyone has them; the situations in life that make you go hmmm… things that just don’t seem right.  So here are some of mine – this probably won’t be the last installment of random thoughts, but it’s a start. Why do we put seat liners on public toilets, but pay no mind to putting our tushes on (other people’s) home toilets.  Is it that we think the butts of our friends are cleaner than the butts of strangers?  How well do you really know your friends’ butts? Ever notice how the speed of other cars on the highway is completely relative to yours? If you’re going 15 over, all the…