I Want My Mommy!
May 15, 2017 Warning: This is a REAL LIFE post. Moving 2,000 miles away is not without its struggles. Toddlers are little but they have lots of personalities…and constantly keep you guessing! I looked back at Liam this afternoon as we were driving down the road and just had an ‘oh wow’ moment. His legs […]
How to Take a Toddler On a Drift Boat
May 8, 2017 The boat rocked gently back and forth. I looked up from the book I’d been reading for the past fifteen minutes or so and saw Liam sitting quietly in his seat gazing up as Matt cast his rod out over the water. Liam seemed to be taking in Matt’s every move as […]
Another Walking Adventure
May 2, 2017 As I sit here writing this, it is snowing outside. Nothing that will stick but some big flakes none the less. Oh Montana spring. How confusing you are. The Montana Dietrich clan had some good adventures this weekend. Possibly too much as a certain little Dietrich has ended up with a bad […]
I’m not the only one who likes FREE, right?
FREE: adv. without cost or payment There is no better sale than FREE. Everyone loves a BOGO sale. Who can resist getting something for nothing?! I’m the worst for going into a grocery store, seeing a BOGO sale and buying two even if I only needed one (or sometimes none!). What’s an extra 60 oz […]
Some Southern Eatin’
I’ve never been a “foodie”. And as Matt will tell just about anyone we meet, I tend to be picky. What I don’t think he realizes even after almost nine years of marriage is just how far I’ve come. I didn’t even eat salad until late in college and even now what I put on […]
Cars are Overrated
Did you know that on average households have more vehicles than drivers? That definitely rings true of suburban America. Before I went to college, there was one year when my family had four licensed drivers. And so we had four cars constantly in the driveway. We had to get creative in the way we parked […]
Can you drown in sweat?
The room is eerily calm. It smells like a spa. I need to figure out what that fragrance is and make my bathroom smell that way. The lights are dim. I could probably fall asleep right now if the circumstances were a bit different. There are at least forty people in the room yet not […]
Is 61 hot or cold?
Snow covered grounds on Christmas Day. Cookouts in your bathing suit by the lake for the Fourth of July. Colored leaves everywhere while walking the streets on Halloween. Family pictures made by the colorful, blooming flowers on Easter. Each holiday has its own stereotypical weather. And North Carolina’s weather usually is spot on. Notice I did […]
Off to the Rodeo
I’ve always loved Nicholas Sparks novels. I’ve read each and every one. And, yes, I’m aware that at this point they are all pretty much exactly the same. I can pretty much determine within the first two chapters which two characters will fall in love. But I’m a sap for them. And now it seems […]
Sunny with a chance of…what?!
Wake up. Put on jeans and grab a jacket. Throw on some sandals and pray my feet don’t freeze before the day heats up. Run to my car and turn on the heat full blast. By the afternoon, I turn my car on and about die as the heat blows on me full blast battling […]