For as excited as I am to see that states are starting to open up, I have to admit that I’m starting to feel a tiny bit of nostalgia for quarantine downtime already. In a weird way, this time has been really beautiful. I’ve treated it as a retreat of sorts and have really seized the opportunity to do things I never “had the time” to do before. I’ve really…
OK, it’s happened. I’m bummed and this week has sucked. Thankfully, everyone in my family is still healthy, so I hate complaining when I know so many people are terrified after a recent diagnosis or mourning the loss of loved ones… So I’m sorry to be negative. I was A-OK last week. In fact, Jim and I went to hike the Chancellorsville Battlefield on Sunday and I was thinking, “Alright,…
Happy Super Tuesday, everyone! As of tonight, it’s very likely we’ll pretty much know who the Democratic nominee is and my prediction is that it rhymes with Sernie Banders. The South Carolina primary threw a bit of a wrench in to some things, so maybe it’ll be Joe Biden. Maybe it’ll be Mike Bloomberg.. No matter what, it’s sure to be interesting. I try to stay away from talking about…
I often get accused of being Type A. While this may be true in many aspects of my life, it isn’t true in all of them. I think a truly Type A person would set goals and meet them all. For me, that isn’t always true and that’s OK. I used to beat myself up and that’s just not helpful. That, friends, is why I’m sharing today’s post. Back in…
In the grand scheme of things, “Galentine’s Day” is a very new phenomenon. It was from a 2010 episode of Parks and Recreation and I honestly have never seen it. BUT, I love the idea. During my single years, Valentine’s Day SUCKED. I hated that from high school years on, girls who were in relationships would get all kinds of extra attention and reminders of their sweet, sweet loves and…
I had something totally different planned for today’s post but unfortunately couldn’t get it together in time. Stay tuned, friends. It’s a-comin’. Today I thought I’d give you a little “about me” of sorts in the form of “Three Things.” This will all make sense in a minute. I hope you enjoy. Three Movies I Watched in Theaters and Loved Little Women– sweet, wholesome, girly as all get-out. Ladies, don’t…
A quick housekeeping note- I’ll be adding the Pinterest image to the bottom of my posts from now on. I don’t like how word-y my homepage was looking. If you want to pin anything (and I hope you do!), the image is down below:). Now onto the post… I mentioned briefly in Tuesday’s post that depression and anxiety run in my family, so I do everything I can to ward…
I don’t know if I’ve ever done a post like this before, but I always enjoy reading them from other people. 2019 was, like all years, a year of ups and downs. I traveled more than I ever had, saw some amazing new cities, and even gained airline status on Southwest. January We rang in 2019 with a nasty bug. Both Jim and I were sick, but we still managed…
I love January. Is that weird? I’ve been told that is it and I don’t care. I love the new beginnings, the freshness of all the new Christmas presents, the closet detoxes, cleaning after the decorations get boxed up and the motivation to start anew. I always make New Year’s Resolutions and almost always stick to them. I’m type-A like that. Here I’ll share my resolutions to perhaps inspire you…
Welcome to week 2 of Thankful Thursday. It’s so easy to take family for granted and I try to make a concerted effort not to. I know several people who have lost parents or are estranged from siblings. Even though my family, like all families, is far from perfect, they’re mine and I’m forever grateful. On Monday, I went down an Ancestry.com rabbit hole and was able to finally link…