Who Am I?

A child of God, saved by Jesus Christ

Wife to a self-employed husband who is finishing
the steps to fulfill his dream of teaching
high-school science

Mom to a toddler boy who is adorable and brilliant and hilarious and completely absolutely totally exhausting

"Mom" to Rowdy, the spastic squirrel-chasing old man of a terrier whose breath smells like fish and stale Fritos

Daughter to two loving parents and several "parents" who have no blood relationship

Sister to a younger brother and sister-in-law

Aunt to an adorable niece and nephew

Member of Lake Highlands Church in Dallas, TX

Reader of just about anything I can get my hands on

Sports fan who loves the Dallas Mavericks, Texas
Rangers, Green Bay Packers, and Oregon Ducks.
(Yes, I'm a Packers fan in a Cowboys town.  It's not
always pretty.)

Kitchen experimenter who eats mostly a paleo diet but has a weakness for Dr Pepper and gummy bears.

Neurotic Control Freak


I am a 30-ish Texas gal who likes life to be planned and orderly.  Spontaneity is not my strength, and patience is not a virtue that I readily embrace.  I have dreams and ideas and wishes, but everything seemed to be on pause for awhile.  I was struggling to find the reason for this pause, and the thing I kept coming back to was that maybe it was time to learn how to not be a "control freak".  Wouldn't you

know that as soon as I started to really listen to what God was trying to tell me He released the pause button, and life is suddenly hurtling forward at an alarming pace!  I'm so thankful for the blessings I've been given, and I am most definitely learning to let God be God instead of trying to figure this crazy life out by myself!

This blog is intended to be a place for me to vent frustrations, share experiences, and hopefully learn a thing or two as I write.  I don't know where this will take me, but I do know that I want to have a record of the journey.

Thanks for stopping by!

For even more random information about me check out my 100 Random Things post.