Don’t ask me what I do, ask me what excites me
“So what do you do?” This is one of my most hated questions in all the world.
“So what do you do?” This is one of my most hated questions in all the world.
I passed a bad accident today. As I drove past the mangled, twisted piles of metal that used to be cars, I was overwhelmed with….nothing. Indifference.
My husband and I are getting ready to go out of town for Easter, to visit my grandfather for his 90th birthday. As we prepare, I’m thinking about ways I’ve celebrated Easter in the past. Eggs, of course, are an integral part of most Easter celebrations. They have always been a symbol of new life… Read More Creative ways to use eggs to celebrate Easter
Last weekend I went to a board game convention. It’s been a long time since I’ve been so nervous.
St. Patrick’s day is just around the corner, so I decided to take some time and learn about the man who inspired one of America’s favorite holidays. I’ve always heard that he is much more than just an excuse to drink green beer, but I didn’t really know his story.
My toilet overflowed this morning. I’m not talking about a little bit of moisture around the edges of the bowl. It was absolutely flooding the room. By the time the water had been stopped, my bathroom and hallway were sitting in a quarter inch of water. A good part of the water had even been… Read More The lesson of the clogged toilet
The year after I finished my master’s degree was one of the hardest years of my life.
My grandfather is turning 90 next month. I knew this, of course – have known for a long time. The flurry of emails back and forth among family members planning his big birthday bash make it hard to forget. What I didn’t realize until I went to visit him this weekend was just how… Read More How you can get more from doing less
It’s been a while since I’ve written about travel experiences, so I thought I’d share about my time in Hobbiton, one of the places from Tolkien’s fictional Middle Earth from his wildly popular “Lord of the Rings” trilogy.