Kelli Diane

I’ve got several good loops around our neighborhood to provide some decent variety when I lace up my running shoes. However, as most of my shorter runs are early morning, the winter doesn’t bring daylight up in these here parts until well after I’m showered and into my second cup of coffee. With […]

While out for an errand Christmas morning, I spotted a car in the Starbuck’s drive-thru and directed my driver in the direction of my waiting mocha. Perhaps the only thing more surprising than drive-thru coffee in a place like Lincoln, Nebraska is that they were actually open on Christmas morning. While we enjoyed […]

Having survived two plane flights, the tamales are happy on the stove as we prepare for breakfast. For some, Christmas is a turkey dinner, but without tamales it’s just another morning to me. This year will be my first traditional Christmas dinner ever, surrounded by Chris’ family and enjoying the holiday through […]

We arrived in Lincoln without much trouble beyond the typical craziness that is traveling with an almost-two-year-old. With a backpack full of Thomas engines, books, an FP3 player and Dumbo hidden away as a secret weapon should all others fail, we made it through our Minneapolis connection and arrived in the land of […]

We’re scheduled to leave on a plane tomorrow morning and I’m nowhere near ready. The house is a wreck and the thought of coming home to this place in a week makes me want to puke. I’m about five minutes away from grabbing a trash bag and throwing everything in it.
Chris and I […]

Behind the facade I’m freaking the fuck out. I need one week to pick up my life. One week without visitors or vacations or holidays or power outages. One week to figure out what’s at the bottom of my gym bag, the laundry basket and my to-do list. Next time I […]

Thursday:
We were told to prepare for a huge wind storm. The weatherman’s words were simply, “The rain will be a sideshow.” As Dillon and I headed out for some evening errands, it took us nearly an hour and a half to get across town, navigating standing water and re-routing several times while the […]

Each day of parenthood is a rollercoaster that you cannot even imagine until you’re going a hundred miles an hour and screaming at the top of your lungs. The anticipation of cresting the top of the first big hills, the thrill of flying down. Stomach turning with each loop, and you can’t help […]

I registered for the Jingle Bell 5k tomorrow, but I’m not sure that I’ll be at the start line. We’ve all been nursing a family cold and while Dillon and I have managed to keep it from knocking us down, Chris has been in bed most of the day. Between the weather and […]

I’m finally beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Which is not to imply that this work thing is getting easier, just manageable. This is the earliest I will have gotten to bed all week. But I love it. More than I’ve loved work in a long […]