I'm tired, man! We're leaving tomorrow EARLY am to drive 3.5 hours to catch a flight to TX. There, I'll be going to the baby shower for my sister that's expecting (Steff) and then heading to the coast for a week's vacation with my other sister who had a baby in December (Sharee). I can't wait, but man, am I tired! Tom and I were up til almost ( Read more... )

Hi All!

I've had a busy few weeks! I so appreciate all of your words of support and encouragement. It really does mean so much to me. Thank you!!

*Edit: This got WAY longer than I first intended (dude, am I wordy or what?! :) ), so to find out what I've been up to and what I'll be doing soon, please click to ( read more )

I am so sincerely grateful to my mom for flying me down to Texas. It was really special and wonderful to experience Sharee and her family in these early days of her first baby. So special. I love Sharee so much and am so glad to see her so happy and in her natural element. Sharee is this awesome mix of wysiwyg (what you see is what you get) and ( Read more... )

I am surrounded today by examples of people being good, kind, thoughtful, generous and just generally caring about other people. I am so impressed with people like that and truly touched when that kindness is directed at me ( Read more... )

I'd like to hear yours, too! Please comment with things you can't believe you've done/accomplished in your life. Close calls, hard work, luck, whatever. Can't wait to read 'em!

• Fallen asleep on the back of a motorcycle (that was soo cool!)
• Moved all my furniture and belongings all by myself (from the 2nd floor of a townhouse, filling up a U-Haul ( Read more... )

We had a very nice anniversary celebration. Thanks to all that sent good wishes. We ate at a nice Mexican restaurant in town and went to see a movie we both liked again at the theatre. It was relaxing and fun at the same time. We had some really good "us" time ( Read more... )

I think I take after my mother in that I end up being the mediator in a lot of disagreement situations in my life, and I view the world and all its social problems in that mediator way, too. One of my favorite bloggers, BachelorGirl has a very hot topic up for discussion today, "Childfree by Choice" and boy, is it generating a lot of conversation ( Read more... )