Sara's Musings

We are a bowling family.  It is the athletic sport of choice for our son.  It is recreational and good exercise for the rest of us. One of the things I love most about bowling is the action always takes place indoors, in the blessed air conditioning!  We were a summer-league swim family for two […]

Starting up this blog again – after an absence of nearly 2 years. Coming up on the anniversary of Hurricane Ike.  Trying to be prepared for the hurricane season.

Well, here we are in September! and I haven’t posted in about a year. Time just slips away from me… Connor had his eighth birthday back in March. Sionna will have her fourth birthday this coming December. We are still homeschooling, although sometimes it is a power struggle with Connor. Homeschool P.E. starts tomorrow at […]

I started driving a lot recently, so now I have to go get my license “de-restricted” (a joke in my family for 20 years). I got my license at age 16 with the LOFS restriction. John and I have only ever had one car at a time, so I have been “chauffeured” for most of […]

ohn and I went to the Big & Rich concert last night at the Woodlands Pavilion. I bought the tickets way back in August – we always have to plan far ahead. We treated my brother Steve and his wife Nikki to the concert. In return they treated us to dinner. As usual, when we […]

Wow, we did a lot of Halloween activities this past week! Some were more fun than others. On Thursday the 27th, our YMCA had their annual Fall Festival. It was ok. A few activities in the gymnasium – cake walk, bean bag toss, face painting, indoor inflatable jumper. It was scheduled for 2 hours – […]

We all went to the Houston Zoo this weekend for the Zoo Boo Halloween experience. We tried to go on Saturday, but were unable, after 45 minutes, to find a parking spot — what GENIUS decided to hold Zoo Boo and the Asian Festival in the same area on the same weekend?? Sunday we tried […]

Well, John bought a motorcycle yesterday – a 2000 Harley-Davidson FXD. It’s a kind of ruby-red color – very nice. Had to get all the gear also – helmet, jacket, boots, etc. It makes the broken thumb of August’s riding class *so* worth it!

The family went to the 31st annual Texas Renaissance Festival in Plantersville (about 1.5 hours from our house). We had so much fun. John and I haven’t been to the Ren Fest in about 14 years. This was the children’s first time to go. The theme this weekend was “1001 Dreams”. From the program guide: […]

John and I just returned from a 4-night cruise to Cozumel. Our ship was the Carnival Elation. This was our first cruise and we’re already planning for the next one! John’s company, Simdesk, gave several employees a free cruise as a bonus. Spouses paid our own fares. Not bad though, about $420, considering that all […]