Theaterpalooza 2017

This weekend I treated Ethan to a belated birthday celebration featuring wall-to-wall theater and good old fashioned mother/son bonding time.  As luck would have it, his Godmother happened to be in town and we managed to squeeze in an impromptu Saturday morning breakfast date with her as well. We started with Springdale High School’s performance…

Fall/Winter Highlights from Yours Truly

SEPTEMBER After I don’t know how many years of volunteering at and putting up with the traffic of Bikes, Blues and BBQ, Mark and I finally got wise.  Well, not really. It just so happened that Glen Hansard was making an appearance in Tulsa the same weekend – so we accidentally and happily escaped.  Glen…

8 Must Stop Photo Ops in Fayetteville

This weekend my favorite people are coming to visit my favorite city!  The Arkansas Women Bloggers will descend in Fayetteville for Megaphone – an Influencer Conference.  It will be a weekend full of learning, bonding, blogging, eating, laughing, drinking and….. of course….. SELFIES. It’s no secret Fayetteville has TONS of unique shops, boutiques, restaurants, parks, trails…

First Day of School Observations

I’ve been chronicling the Dilday Kids’ first day of school through photos since, well, their first day of school.  And I’ve been archiving those photos on this BLOG since 2007.  Tonight, as the youngest observes a self-imposed bedtime of 8:30 p.m. and the Boy elected for an “after school nap”  – I’m reflecting on the…

My Profound Takeaway from #GISHWHES 2014

Last week I allowed my life to be consumed by a ridiculous little (but huge) phenomenon known as GISHWHES. If you haven’t heard of it, (that is, if you didn’t see any of my Facebook activity last week) let me enlighten you. GISHWHES (pronounced GishWhiz or GishWish, or any other pronunciation you can manages to spit…