It's usually a good sign when I'm MIA, because that means I'm off being ridiculously happy and actually living life as opposed to being whiny and depressed.  At least that's how I spent this summer.  I'm writing now not because I'm feeling down; I just have the desire to capture this wonderful feeling that I've had for the past few months.   ( Read more... )

someday i will fall in love again....right?

In an attempt to research romance for my column due Monday, I bought one of those cheap Dean Martin compilation CDs from Meijer ( Read more... )

Dear Santa ( Read more... )

someone recently made me think (although unintentionally) that perhaps I should make a list of the qualities I am looking for in a guy. since i usually have a hard time deciding what i want, this should be interesting ( Read more... )

You could be my unintended ( Read more... )

Nicolas Sparks has lied to me. I have not fallen in love in N.C ( Read more... )

( thoughts in my final moments at The Detroit News )

AAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA is ENGAGED!!!!!

I am very, very excited about this.

The other night I had a dream. Well, let me back up. Lately I've had kind of a don't-think-about-it approach to love. Because mostly it just depresses me. I've taken up new hobbies, made new friends, kept in better contact with the old, and basically just concentrated on making myself happy. If I don't think about what's happened in the past, ( Read more... )