cartoon via For anyone who’s been living in a cave somewhere in the desert, the end of school has come and gone (for a lot of school districts anyway). So while I was getting ready to finally leave the school last night at 8 PM (the students had all gone home at 11:30), I …
With our moving date settling in ever closer, I’ve been getting a little nostalgic. Even though we’re moving just a few blocks down (less than a mile away), the move is still causing me to reflect on the impact of our decision to stay in this exact apartment for the last three years. …
Even with the half marathon a few weeks behind me, I’ve been pleased to find that I’m still motivated enough (or at least conditioned enough) to keep running three times a week. Last Saturday I even ran 7 miles just for the heck of it (and not because my training schedule told me I …
1. Today was the last Monday of the school year. If that’s not worth celebrating, I don’t know what is. 2. After over a year of making do with just one vehicle, we are getting another car. Seeing as Matt just started a second part-time job this week, we really couldn’t put it off …
Last weekend, Matt and I escaped down to Midway and Heber City for a little late anniversary getaway. Way back in December, my mom and stepdad treated us to a gift certificate to The Blue Boar, where we’d spent the first night of our honeymoon. The Blue Boar is a positively charming bed and …
1. Because I never formally announced it here, I figure I’ll do so now–we’re moving! Thanks to a gentle nudge in the right direction from all you lovely readers on my question of whether we should move or not, we will officially be out of our beloved rat hole (aka our first apartment) and …
I don’t know exactly when it happened, but sometime in the last month, our apartment seems to be almost back to the same square it was in before I started my whole 50 Weeks to Organized ordeal. Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration—it just looks like I’m still in the MIDDLE of my 50 …
Happy 3rd anniversary to us! Exactly three years ago, on May 7, 2011, we tied the knot in a beautiful ceremony surrounded by close family and friends. In honor of the day, I bring to you some of the various tidbits I’ve learned about marriage over the past three years: 1. Marriage is a lot …
