As I was getting my clearance badge at the casino the other day, the guard asked me if I was over 21. He claimed that he has to ask everyone that. I’ll take what I can get. I dreamt that I was the Obama’s daughter. We didn’t live in the White House; we lived in […]

Instead of yearly resolutions, I tend to add to my bucket list of things to do in my lifetime. Ideally, I want to check at least a few things off in a year, but it doesn’t really matter which ones they are. Here are a few goals that I was able to check off in […]

This little lady arrived just in time for turkey and stuffing. Her very first Thanksgiving was filled with doting aunts, uncles, grandparents, and, of course, her own dad and mama. She’s the first of her generation on both sides of the family and she has already amassed an adoring crowd of adults. It’s easy to […]

Three hundred and sixty five. For a girl who couldn’t run a mile in high school, that number seemed beyond reach. But I set it—kind of on a whim because, at the time, a mile a day didn’t seem so bad—and then promptly forgot about it. By the time I remembered that goal, I was […]

The return of my favorite TV shows. Our DVR is once again in steady business. Victoria’s Secret Beauty Rush lipgloss in “Slice of Heaven”. It’s a beautiful, muted pink that works with every outfit. My new boots! I have the hardest time buying boots because I apparently have very large calves. I have ordered boots […]

My running is going fairly good. I surprised myself last week with a 5.4 mile run (because I skipped a day and had to make it up). Aside from sheer boredom by the time it was done, I was actually quite fine; not sore or out of breath. So that felt good. I topped 165 […]