Journal

#2,625 No Worries.

Last week was a bit stressful for us with so much going going going and changes in our work. I found myself feeling anxious for no real reason in p...

#2,624 Day Off with Sam and Lyn.

Ben’s big brother and his family are out of school for the week for Mardi Gras so we spent today with them, hanging around Laurel and the Mercantil...

#2,623 Sunday Suppers.

On Sunday mornings for the last several weeks, Jim texts our little framily and tells us what his menu for the night will be and we make our plans ...

#2,622 The Best Beignets.

I’ve been going to Cafe Du Monde since I was born, but it looked like an SEC game day this morning and we were so hungry, we opted for the oft igno...

#2,621 Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

I’ve never, ever, been this tired. We woke up at 3:30 am central time to catch an early plane from NYC to New Orleans because we had the great plea...

#2,620 Free Day + Il Cantinori.

Today we had a little free time to knock around New York and take a tiny vacation before going back to the real world. We walked 10 miles (so says ...

#2,619 HGTV Day + Delmonico’s.

Today was another of those surreal milestones in our new career as TV people, because we got to spend the day with a couple of the HGTV execs whose...

#2,618 Ladies Night + Ben.

We’re on a quick trip to NYC for media training this week: Which (of course) means eating very unhealthily with Lindsey, and tonight, her mama ca...

#2,617 Lunch with Hope.

Hope is my oldest friend. We bonded in junior high art class over our love for Seinfeld (this was unusual for 7th graders, you see), and we were be...

#2,616 Mama Walks + The Idea.

It’s becoming a Sunday afternoon ritual for mama and I to take a 3 mile walk together, which reminds me of the day I began this journal, except tod...

#2,615 He’s Home.

Ben was away on business for the last 2 days and made it home last night just in time for dinner with everybody. It’s not news to anyone that we’re...