have you seen Spaghetti Cat? google it. absurdity. so, Andy and I have decided to start saying "Spaghetti Cat" instead of using ...

My friend over at RamblingRachel  is doing 31 blog posts (for the month of March) where she writes about 3 things each day  (because March i...

There I was, ready to dive into all that is college. I had spent the summer pouring over JMU's student life handbook, sketching floor ...

one more note on my grandma::  a distant cousin of mine played the bagpipes at the end of my grandma's funeral mass and then again at he...

3 miles at gym- cried while watching Dr. Phil. showered and got ready- almost cried again thinking about Dr. Phil parked on Grattan St. ...

I guess you could say I took the day off of not working, but I got all but one thing done on my to-do list for the day. My tasks took about ...

appropriate You've Got Mail quote: " Don't you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send y...

> our budget. I am currently unemployed, so my paycheck will no longer go towards paying off the van and adding to our savings. Andy and ...

I have been trying to lose weight since the beginning of the year with absolutely zero results. In fact, I've gained a few more pounds s...

I don't think I have ever had to schedule time for myself. Time to take a breath. Time to not think about everything else. I've neve...

I am receiving a few pieces of furniture from my Grandma Jean, one of which my parents had waiting for me in the van on Friday. It's the...

Andy and I have had a constant struggle in our marriage. It revolves around the toothpicks. I would prefer it if  toothpicks didn't exis...

I have been in Kentucky since Monday (I thought we were going to TN but our hotel was a few miles inside KY) visiting my sister-in-law Melis...

foreword: the engine on andy's car completely overheated on wednesday night. we have to get a second car. this was our last month paying...

confession: I watch the Bachelorette. and enjoy it. after tonight's episode ABC held an interview with Jake (the most recent Bachelor) a...

I finished "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls last night. All I can say is...wow. That woman had one heck of a childhood. Read ...

God has been busy working in my life (andy's too). This time last year I had very few friends in town who had time to spend w/ me, I was...

It happened one lazy, sticky Monday afternoon in June. The girl was frustrated at herself for watching several episodes of Design Star on Hu...

My close friend Becca visited from Charlottesville last night and stayed over. Yesterday we ate ice cream at Klines, realized we were still ...

an excerpt from a post on Girl's Gone Child about how far the author has come since she started her blog in 2005: Every day we become ...