Author Archives: casey coombs

So my grandma has cancer. I got my blue eyes from her, Addie is named after her. It’s weird to say, my grandma has cancer. I mean, cancer is really common and frankly she’s made it to almost 90 years old with nothing more than a bum knee and a bad eye. So to sayContinue reading “stupid choice cancer.”

I took a yoga class at 6:30 in the morning on Saturday, which means I can feel every muscle that I’ve ignored for the past two years screaming that I’m a damn fool and I should probably do a lot more yoga a little more often. Add in the fact that I took the classContinue reading “ho-HI-oh: the (almost) end.”

Today I prepare to leave for NYC for a Blogger Summit with Pfizer about getting old. Truth is? I lived enough wild and crazy life in my teens that the granny inside me is begging to come out to bake cookies for her grandkids and give those super good warm squishy hugs that only grandmasContinue reading “elsewhere at the moment”

These are two of Cody’s closest friends from law school, Cody is on the left (obviously) he is a loyal Broncos fan and has been since he was old enough to even care about football. Steve is in the middle. The first time I ever met Steve he was in my front room jumping upContinue reading “show us your colors, get to the game. (sponsored by Tide)”

One of the very best things about you is that you are completely incapable of withholding emotion from your face and I, as your mother, know your face better than anyone.  I have spent many an hour tracing the perfect little triangle of freckles on your right cheek and twirling my fingers in your perfectContinue reading “child, you are magnificent”

Day two greetings from Hocking Hills, Ohio! (So perhaps technically it’s day four in Ohio, but it’s day two in Hocking Hills and day two packed full of fun and adventure, even a little bison.) Day one can be found here. Today started out with the best darn diner omelette I have ever had followedContinue reading “ho-HI-ho day two: planes, trains and automocastles”

ho-HI-ho: noun. What Addie called Ohio when she was 3. ********* Today Addie declared she is going to become a professional naturalist, live in Ohio and take people on hikes and show them what plants they can eat, specifically the sourwood because that one is her favorite. Surprisingly enough, Addie spent the morning with aContinue reading “ho-HI-ho: day one”

Cody and I are pretty average people, but together? Man, do we produce some swell offspring. We’re like ketchup and mayo, put us together and we make fry sauce. (If you don’t like fry sauce, lie to me, I can’t bear the thought of someone not liking fry sauce.) Perhaps peanut butter and chocolate isContinue reading “we’re doing okay. i’m doing okay.”

Over the past few weeks I have hosted a few little get togethers around Indianapolis talking to parents about kids and cell phones. I personally don’t think it’s a horrible idea for kids to have cell phones as long as there are limits, Cody agrees with me but until I began working with AT&T IContinue reading “innovative mobile phone safety features (sponsored by at&t)”

Oh you guys! You really are the butter on my homemade bread, because after I admitted that I’m a clutter bug? You all rallied around not only me, but everyone else who commented and said there is happiness in chaos and stress in perfection! (Or something to that effect.) Amy said “I’d love to seeContinue reading “before and after pounds and piles”