casey coombs

mickey marilyn monroe christmas clubhouse (sponsored by hallmark)

On Sunday we had our Christmas program at church, it was a good one. It convinced me I need to find a different church to attend on Wednesday (Tuesday?) so I can hear more Christmas songs sung by a choir. I don’t even know how Christmas services work on Christmas since we don’t do themContinue reading “mickey marilyn monroe christmas clubhouse (sponsored by hallmark)”

the gift of being (sponsored by hallmark)

Vivi has this way of fitting against me as I rock her at night, it’s going to be one of the things I miss the absolute most as she gets bigger and more independent. One of the things I ached for the most when I was trying to get pregnant again was to hold aContinue reading “the gift of being (sponsored by hallmark)”

epic naps of denial (sponsored by hallmark)

“We’re moving in four days. Not a single box packed. I took an epic nap of denial today. So there’s that.” –@oiler02 Christmas is less than a week away, which means I should be vibrating with holiday cheer and magic — but instead I’ve become incredibly familiar with the epic nap of denial. Today IContinue reading “epic naps of denial (sponsored by hallmark)”

good birthday? nine.

I knew Addie wasn’t a birthday party girl, even Addie knew she wasn’t a birthday party girl. But we tried a birthday party anyway, and to make sure I did something wrong in the entire birthday process I requested no gifts on her birthday invitations. Curious how it turned out? She didn’t enjoy opening herContinue reading “good birthday? nine.”

remarkable gratitude (sponsored by hallmark)

Let’s talk gratitude, and not the ‘what we all have to be thankful for’ gratitude but the really deep-down-in-your-bones gratitude. The kind of gratitude that not everyone relates to, the gratitude that can seem a little weird and out of place at times. The kind of things you think to yourself but rarely, if ever,Continue reading “remarkable gratitude (sponsored by hallmark)”

sticks, stones and the screen.

So, I have some autoplay video ad pop up every once in awhile and I’m not entirely sure where it’s coming from. Sorry about that, I’d fix it but then nothing would come up because when I go in my backend things get messy. (See also: Backend jokes will never cease to be funny.) IContinue reading “sticks, stones and the screen.”

christmas list: 2013 edition

I’m sure there will be plenty of Christmas list suggestions out there in the coming weeks, I’m sure there’s already plenty out there — but a friend asked me to put mine together again because apparently she and I have similar taste. Mine’s pretty simple, nothing crazy, fancy or super hipster — that’s for sure.Continue reading “christmas list: 2013 edition”

sad, tired, weak and kind of scared.

I’m not feeling very brave lately. I don’t like myself very much right now, but I don’t admit that out loud partly because saying something out loud makes it more true and also because I’m trying REALLY hard to be a good example to my girls. But to be honest it’s chewing away at meContinue reading “sad, tired, weak and kind of scared.”

butterfly farms and and too much filet

Did you know that cruise ships are designed to withstand and recover from a 45 degree tip in either direction? But the most degree of tip any regular passenger can handle without ralphing over the edge is about 4 or 5 degrees. I am full of so much random cruise ship knowledge I barely evenContinue reading “butterfly farms and and too much filet”

business class bunny naps.

In what I figured would be a stroke of brilliance I decided to bring a smaller laptop that doubles as a tablet with me on my latest adventure. Travel light! Multitasking technology! It’s a PC. I normally work on a Mac. We’re learning how to get along but it’s bumpy, PC knows none of myContinue reading “business class bunny naps.”