Many Sundays I would have a conversation with my friend Holly wherein she would ask me about the coming week: “Hopes, Dreams, Aspirations?” Though I wasn’t always ready with an answer, this question did always get me focused on what I needed to prioritize for the week. I guess it says alot about me that [...]

I try to keep my google reader pretty light – I have about 100 subscriptions on there. Still there are plenty of other blogs I follow that I don’t subscribe to for various reasons – lack of an RSS feed, or posting overload being the top two reasons I don’t have them. Anyway, if you’re [...]

I was just sitting here writing this post and I think I know why all of my posts have stopped being “real” and started being…so stuffy (or whatever you want to call it). But it’s because I start writing and then decide no one wants to read my incoherent babble and then I delete the [...]

When I was making my 2009 mix CD I started reading through my old posts. I do this every once in a while (long while, that is) and I was really struck by how much I miss my old style of blogging. There weren’t many pictures, there weren’t even cohesive themes for each post. Most [...]

In order to plan for the coming year, I wanted to get a good idea of where I am on my list of 30 things I want to do before I turn 30. I’m SO proud of myself for accomplishing so many of these things already! I posted the list before, but here it is [...]

I know that many people think that “spring cleaning” is a novel idea. The idea is that you’ll clear out every thing you’ve accumulated during the winter months so your home is prepared to take on the summer. It’s a nice idea, isn’t it? But do you (or anyone) ever actually do it? It’s the [...]

I’m still trying to think of a way to distribute mix CDs to all of you without violating copyright laws and/or making myself crazy with burning and decorating and mailing (oh my!). However, if you’d like to reflect on my 2009 via song I have prepared this listing of musical gems for you. Keep in [...]

I did this last year and enjoyed re-reading it just now so why not do it again this year so I’ll have it to look back on this time next year? 1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before? Got a temple recommend, actually had a real conversation with a missionary [...]

I’d like to kick off the last 4 days of the year by looking back at my resolutions for this year to see how I did. 1- Regret Nothing – This is a resolution I make every year with the Queen of the Pirates. At the beginning of this year we had to drink to [...]

If you know me (or follow me on twitter) you’ll know there’s nothing that utterly destroys my day* like seeing that someone has tagged me in a picture on Facebook. Panic overtakes me and I have to run to the nearest computer to see these pictures. 98% of the time, I untag myself. I know [...]