Category: Milestones

We bought a house!

Well, another one. Remember that house that we leased to stay in during the Mardi Gras season? It was for sale when we arrived, and after a week of living there, we thought, why...

Birthday Celebrations

Today, we celebrate Chris’s birthday. I won’t disclose his age, as I don’t think he looks anything like the number of years he has been on this earthy. His brother, Jason, and niece, Izzy,...

Happy 26 to us!

Happy anniversary to my husband and partner-in-life, Chris. Number 26!

20 years of blogging!

A little over twenty years ago, I decided to put my life “out there” in the open for all to see through a blog on LiveJournal. I may have dabbled in other tools, but...

Happy 13th Little Brother

I think it is true for everyone, but there are very few moments in history that have a lasting impact on my life. Sure, there is the day you are born; the day you...

I swear…

As I write this post, I am realizing that in less than four hours I will become an American Citizen.  That is so weird to write. I don’t think I really knew if this...

Happy 80th Mom!

Eighty years ago in a small town of Seymour, Australia, my mom – Dawn Olive McCullough – was born. It is hard to fathom everything that mom lived through in the time that since...

Celebrating 50

On June 17, 2018 I turned 50! I think there used to be a time when the idea of saying those words would have been almost unbelievable, but here I am – not only...

Wishing You A Happy New Year

Another year and one more chapter of life is closing, and what better way to end 2017 than with a brief update, and to take the opportunity to wish you the joy of the...

31,557,600 seconds

But only one first! Today is the first time I’ve turned 49. It will also be my last. Over the next 365 days, I will incrementally become 50, and providing I continue to look...