Today is my first full day back home for a week. Literally. We left Christmas Eve around 10:30 p.m. for Arkansas, came back to Texas Tuesday for an overnight stay with the zoo, then left at 6 a.m. Wednesday for San Antonio. It was a lot of fun to see all the various family members, …

I’ve been the lucky recipient of several fantastic little bits of good news today … which I’m deigning to call early Christmas presents. Namely: TWU is closing at noon Friday. My boss says we can wear jeans Friday. (We sadly do not recognize the high holiday of Casual Friday, argh.) We’re going to have an …

Over the weekend, Daniel, Lisa and I went to see “The Family Stone” on opening weekend (which, in contrast to King Kong, did NOT surprise me in the least). I expected it to be good, but I wasn’t expecting to laugh as hard as I did (or as much as I did), or to be …

It’s time for an annual rant about one of the many so-called health professionals I consider to be the licensed equivalent of voodoo magicians. Namely, optometrists. Yes, today was my annual eye exam. I’ve found it’s to my benefit to do this annually, so the drastic degradation in my vision appears more of a natural …

Last night, I went to see King Kong on opening day. This surprised even me, since every time I saw the preview for it I turned to Daniel and said, “I have no desire to see that movie.” But I went anyway, because he wanted to and that’s the kind of girl I am. I …

Daniel heard about this house in Frisco from his boss, so we drove by last night to see. They painstakingly choreographed their 4+ miles of lights & wiring to two songs, and it’s really pretty cool. Our lights, by contrast, are FAR less impressive.

Yesterday, I did two things I’ve been wanting to do for what seems like weeks now: 1) I finished a book that wasn’t assigned for a class. It was Jennifer Weiner‘s latest novel, “Goodnight Nobody” — she’s the author who wrote the novel on which the new movie, “In Her Shoes,” was based. The latest …

Well, today I’m in Houston for what will be my last time on the state’s dime. I left Sunday evening so I wouldn’t have to deal with an obscenly early wake-up call again. It’s a relatively quick trip, though; I’ll be home before rush hour tomorrow. My first dispatch from Houston is a total surprise …

This picture is hilarious. And SO my brother.

Gary tipped me off to this quiz, which I just took, and which declares I’m 65% southerner, or “Just under the Mason-Dixon Line.” Sounds about right. And as for the spelling test (who could resist?), I only managed an 85%. However, I would just like to say (for the record) that I fundamentally believe the …