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What a beautiful weekend. Not just the weather, but the time spent with family. Norey and I were able to head down to my parents' home for the long weekend (Sunil had a major work project, so the quiet house was perfect for him to focus). And to double the fun ~ B was there! The girls got to spend three whole nights together. They went to the park. They had a bubble bath. They had a squealing match. They had beautiful, quality time together. Norey does not yet have little kid friends. Our small group of close friends do not have kids ~ we are the only ones with a child. So she is going to have to make friends through MDO or school...or hopefully through my magical and swimmingly fabulous personality. But she and B showed that they are growing closer. They shared many smiles (sometimes just after tears) and even some warm hugs. It was tough to leave this afternoon. But I am thankful that we have this family. And that this little girl called Norey has a lot of love.

I'm starting...I've started a Whole30 Argyle edition on Facebook. I've been posting up some of my favorite meals. Those that really fall within the category of I-don't-wanna-feel-like-I'm-on-a-diet or homestyle my mom would've made. Just with some different ingredients. I've also recruited a friend to join in with me on my March 2nd start date for this round. And now I'm getting some actual neighbors on board. Some have already completed a round or two. I hope this can become a strong neighborhood and community of people who lead healthy lives and encourage each other to continue doing so...

Let's talk about the past two days.  Day 2. Ugh. Nap. Ugh. Day 3. Don't piss me off and we will be ok. Nap. Hi. This is great! Now to today. Day 4. After going to bed (hubs too) by 10, reading some of my book (All The Light We Cannot See), and doing one last baby cam check, I slept beautifully. So beautifully that I'm sure I was a smoosh-faced, drooling sleep monster most of the night. This morning is supposed to be "Kill All the Things", but I feel surprisingly ready to take on anything. I'm looking forward to cleaning up the rest of the house and doing some projects that have seriously needed doing for weeks now.  I even did my phone call "to-do" first thing this morning. That NEVER happens. I hate doing phone call things.  Breakfast with Norey was some fruit with the leftover overnight casserole. Mine had a little added Frank's Red Hot. We each had some water as well. Of course, the little miss had a cup of milk too.   Fla...

It's the morning of day 1. All I want is a cold Diet Dr. Pepper over a mountain of ice.  Crisp. Yummy. Just a hint of sweet. Soooo refreshing...mmmmmmmm. Ice water to the rescue! Yay?

So I started up a blog. Let's be honest. I started up a *new* blog - because that old one was just a hot mess. And I've spent an unacceptable amount of my day trying to decide what to write as my first post on this new, squeaky clean one. I guess it makes most sense to just talk about me. I'm Betsy. I'm a wife. I'm a mother. I'm a dog owner/lover. My family and I just moved from the suburbs of Las Colinas - yeah, I know it's Irving, but Las Colinas sounds fancier and is technically still accurate - to Argyle. The country. The kind of country where you really plan your weekly grocery store run because once you get home there is no way in hell you're going back for wine, not to mention "screw the paprika I'll make do without it". We have over an acre of land. Across the road are real, live longhorns. And Clydesdales! And a pasture so beautiful I like to just stand and stare at it. This was something my husband - Sunil - and I have...