this week has been a complete 180 compared to last week. the plague that is HFMD ended. lucky for me, it ended the night before my red hat training began. no more blisters, no more ulcers, no more fever, no more crippling foot/hand pain,…

i started to write a facebook post when i got home tonight about the Women in Tech event i attended this evening, and then i realized it was worth its own blog post. a few other girls from work and i attended the Women in Tech event…

i frequently brag about the fact that caylin has never had more than a runny nose/mild cold. never had a fever that lasted more than a few hours, and we’ve never had an issue with anything really keeping her up at night. to get through the…

caylin turned 2 saturday. two. TWO. T – W – O. sweet jesus, WHERE HAS THE TIME GONE. this has been… the wildest, most unexpected 2 years of my life. i’ve said this probably hundreds of times at this point, but being a mom is nothing like i…

of all the things i thought i’d ever write about, this is not one of them. maybe 40-50 years from now, when it would kind of make more sense. but at 28? no. for the last 3-4 weeks, brett has been having weird heart palpitations. they…

i suck at this lately. i’ve been heads down most nights working on either stre.am or my DEF CON app (almost done! woo!). the other night i stayed up until 4:30 going through redesigns. i have left myself zero room to relax. again. the last…

a lot has been going on the past 2 months, and it’s pathetic that i haven’t written about any of it. here is my attempt at a “quick” run down. there are a LOT of pictures. a lot. work, tech conferences, a product launch, carolina…

i have had less than a few nights in the last month to sit and work on one of my OWN projects. i severely overbooked myself lately. if i’ve had a night off, i’ve taken that as an opportunity to stay off the computer. far from it, in fact.…

i wrote this 3 days ago and forgot to freaking post it. fail. it feels like caylin isn’t even a toddler anymore. she’s freaking 3 feet tall, and insane. there is a tiny human ruling our house these days, and it’s awesome and exhausting and…

honestly, i felt a little guilty the week after writing the last monthly post about caylin. this month has been so much more fun than the last. yes, she still has tantrums and pitches fits every now and then, but it’s nothing like it was…

a lot’s been going on in the past few weeks, and i’ve neglected to document any of it. sometimes i wish i was better about taking notes from time to time or at least USING the notepad that stays in my purse. i bought it for that reason,…

i feel like saying there are no words to describe the transformation caylin has had in the past 1-2 months. but… as a matter of fact, there are several: ridiculous erratic whiny devious turd-like there are a few more i could come up with,…

…reality check. my mom sent me this article in an email tonight. i read that one, and then moved on to this page . as if the first article didn’t already make my eyes well up enough, the second one let the floodgates open. “When you’re…

that would be the theme of basically all of january. whine whine whine. whine. whine. whiiiiiiiiiine. so much whining. she’s so adorable, and so fun when she’s in a good mood. but she constantly wants to be picked up these days, either to…

i feel like that’s what has happened since i wrote this post a month ago . as far as being a mom, i feel like i’m doing my job. caylin is crazy, healthy, happy, and awesome. everything i write is full of her. clearly brett and i are doing…

i hope everyone had an amazing christmas/holiday season/whatever you celebrate. i completely skipped over the holidays in the last entry, but i had a thought in my head and ran with it. it’s hard for me to just sit and write…

i feel like this is a permanent state for me. anyone else have that feeling? i know that it’s one of those “acceptable” things, being a new mom, and all. but this state FAR predates even being pregnant with caylin. it’s basically been my…

i have been trying to write this entry for a week. A WEEK DUDE. every time, i sit down, and just stare at a white screen. i don’t know. i can’t get my thoughts together. i’m all over the place. i’m trying to work on eleventy billion…

brett found a packet of ranch dressing mix in his pocket. i found paper dolls in my underwear drawer. there are sockets all over the upstairs, including but not limited all 3 laundry baskets, the shower, the bathtub, brett’s suitcase, and…

i hit the 4000 minute achievement on my nike training club app tonight, and all i got was a new ab workout to download. 4000 minutes, and that’s it. no abs, just an ab workout. i have been going strong since march with very few lapses. the…

i’m a few days late, but that’s only because i have finally reached the point of total exhaustion. in a good way. somehow, caylin turned into a toddler overnight. right when i decided to take on 2 new web clients. my lack of sleep…

i was fortunate enough this week to do some awesome things that i don’t normally have the opportunity to do. the first was on thursday. the charleston metro chamber of commerce held its annual cyber security conference. i’d never been…

i feel like i’m back on the rollercoaster again. same one i was on a couple weeks ago. it must be this lethal combination of nostalgia, seeing friends, leaving friends, leaving caylin, hormones out of wack–the perfect storm. not to mention…

i have been procrastinating for 2 days to write this entry. it usually doesn’t take this much convincing, but i feel like so much has happened in the past month that writing about it will hardly do it any justice. caylin turned 13 months…

chicken breasts or thighs 1 peach, peeled/sliced 1 jar peach preserves 1/4 cup worcestershire sauce 1/2 to 1 cup bbq sauce (i estimated) 1/2 onion, diced, or 1 tsp onion powder 1 tsp minced garlic olive oil heat olive oil in pan, add…