The coffee’s almost gone, so it must be about time to start the day. I’m oddly excited about this week, since I get next Monday off! 🙂...

Or a tale of woe and expense filled with long bouts of boredom. Whatever you prefer. So next weekend, I’m driving to Missouri for...

I want you all to meet my soon-to-be born niece or nephew! We’re expecting him or her around the middle of November, and right now, mom...

It’s 6:57 p.m. and I can’t wait for “American Idol.” I’m slightly disturbed that I’m now such a huge fan of this show. I used to make fun...

So this month marks my fifth anniversary as a full-time employee with my company. (Brandy, all that time we spent as temp/part-time...

To Grandma Polly Sixty years ago, you were a young mother with a husband fighting a war in Germany you probably didn’t understand fully....

So for the last few weeks, I’ve been working with a group of women at church to plan a women’s event called What Not to Wear. The idea...

(OK, so there’s no man, but the title seemed appropriate for the little vignette I’m preparing to tell you. So deal with it. . . .And if...

It’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame night and Stupid Ryan wants us to vote. So vote. It makes Ryan sad when we don’t. Or at least make a...

So I got my new iPod and Nike+ system today, and I have one thing to say: I should have gotten Nike+ years ago! I ran a 5K today. Which...

Why do Mondays never, ever, never go as planned? Why when you have your tasks all set before you and you’re jazzed to get to work and...

If you’re a loyal reader of this blog (all 6 of you!), you already know that I love music and that I think there’s nothing better than...

A year or so ago, I had this dream that I had to move back to my hometown. I wasn’t happy about it in the dream, and apparently, I was...

So today seemed pretty straightforward as I drove to work. I’d get here, work really hard on an issue of the magazine, go to a meeting,...

As Stupid Ryan says, “THIS ISSSSSSS AMMMMERRRRRIICAN IDOL!” And I can’t believe he just made everyone say hello to Carly. Rubbing salt in...

that a guy coworker of mine just stopped by to ask me a baseball question. Who knew? I’m an expert! 🙂

A girl I work with loves the Website “I Used to Believe.” It’s actually pretty funny, if you take a look at it and allow yourself to get...

(Sorry, the Bon Jovi afterglow continues and I can’t stop myself from appropriating lyrics. I know, I’m annoying.) Anyway, it’s Monday...

Crystal tagged me, so you all get to read the results! Here are the rules: 1. The rules of the game get posted at the beginning. 2. Each...

So last night, Mindy and I went to see Daughtry and Bon Jovi in concert. Laugh if you must, but this concert was seriously worth the...