Category: Mom’s Journal

  • Tune in tomorrow

    If you live near Houston and you just can’t get enough of me online, tune in to KTBU-TV, The Tube, Channel 55 tomorrow (Friday) at 1 pm. or Sunday at 9 p.m. I’ll be chatting about holiday travel with the kiddos with my friend Lara Bell on her show, Wild about Houston. We’ll talk about…

  • Amy is Great for 2008

    Back in 1985 I thought I would grow up and become President of the United States. Yes, I really did. I wrote letters to President Reagan asking how I could prepare and I even launched a full campaign in my junior high, complete with posters, buttons and catchy slogans. (The most-used slogan is above.)The principal…

  • Wicked sweet Halloween cake

    This afternoon I prepared this spooktacular cake using my castle Bundt pan for our street’s pumpkin carving soiree: Again, not along the lines of my healthy eating pledge, but definitely fun for the kids! I cannot wait to show them! I had to perform a bit of surgery, but I don’t think anyone will notice:…

  • Who knew Boy Scouting could make me cry?

    Yesterday I finally made it to the Scout Shop to buy needed Tiger Cub supplies. This is my son’s first year in Boy Scouts, something I hoped would happen and really just kind of assumed would happen. My dad was a Boy Scout. My brother was a Boy Scout. I was a Girl Scout and my…

  • Take a break from Ike… It’s Vegas, baby!

    While Ike was pummeling Houston, I was off gallivanting about in Las Vegas, celebrating a friend’s wedding. So when I wasn’t checking my email (members of my MOPS group in Houston were sending status updates to each other), checking Houston  weather blogs, and calling my husband with information updates that I was able to collect…