Mighty, Mighty Mountain Goats! Yeah, I Said "GOATS."
I live in the best place in the world. It’s a small community, but one that believes in its kids and goes all out to support our school sports teams. I have to admit I don’t watch many sporting events unless my kid is playing. (The exception, of course, being hockey, because hockey kicks puck!) … Read more
Photos from Chelan with Corbin Lewars
My first book signing was fabulously fun and was made even more delicious by the presence of my super-talented and hot mama pal, Corbin Lewars. Check us out! Thank you, LakeChelanOnlineNews, for the awesome photo! Thanks again, Riverwalk Books, for hosting us! (Riverwalk still has a few signed copies of our books in stock, so don’t … Read more
A Little Privacy, Please!
The Gonzos have recently moved into a bigger home. With the exception of the additional space, my favorite feature is the locks on the bathroom doors. Confession: I haven’t gone to the bathroom or taken a shower without someone coming in for at least ten years. While I grew up with just one sibling in … Read more
Upgrading Our Space, Downsizing Our Housing Payment
We’ve outgrown our house, as families do – well, like OUR family does. When we bought our groovy three-bedroom-two-bath-postage-stamp-sized-yard home, we only had five kids. I know. I say that like a guy might say, “It’s ONLY fifty baseball caps.” What can I say? Some people collect cars. I happen to collect kids. After the … Read more
All the Wright Moves
The homeschooling next-door neighbors with six kids and the homeschooling family across the street with six kids laid hands on the huge trailer attached to our Suburban. They prayed for our safety, and thanked the Lord that we were leaving. Our northern Snohomish County community was nice enough, but we really were the freaks of … Read more
Keep Your Holiday Dollars Local: IndieBound Makes it Easy!
As many of you know, I’m a huge advocate of supporting local economies by shopping locally. One of my favorite finds is IndieBound.org, which lets your order online from your very own local bookstores with just a few clicks. I’m always looking for books for the loved ones in my life, and IndieBound helps me … Read more
Glenn Beck to Get Key to Mount Vernon, Washington – and the Haters Keep Comin’
Glenn Beck, you’ve just pissed off every liberal in America! What are you going to do next? I’m going to go on home and get myself a key to the city! The mayor of Mount Vernon, Washington (only a hop, skip and a jump from where The Gonzo Mama hides in her bedroom, with all … Read more
Lord, Keep Them Safe
There are some pretty dangerous fires tonight in the Chelan Valley. GoLakeChelan.com is streaming video of the Union Valley fire and The Lake Chelan Mirror is tweeting about the fires here. Many of our residents are being evacuated from their homes, and some have already lost their homes. Others, like me, are sleeplessly worried about … Read more
