While Matt and I are not in dire financial straits, I still have been looking for ways to cut costs wherever we can lately because the saver gene (which I inherited from my mom) just will not quit griping at me that we’re spending too much on the basic things every month (cell phone, …
Even though much of my reading each month is based around books on my lists (which mostly just include fiction), I actually read a significant amount of non-fiction as well—in fact, if I had to take a guess, I would say that about a third of what I read is purely informational (but not in …
I already warned you that my success rate on my February goals was truly abysmal, so let’s get this over with fast—like ripping off a Band-Aid. *Decide on name for photography business. This one has been on my mind a lot lately, but I haven’t decided on anything officially. The idea of opening up a …
*It’s happening, people—bare legs and arms and all sorts of body parts are emerging from their winter cocoons as this warmer wave of weather sweeps over Utah. I didn’t wear tights to church last Sunday (!), and I even did my 5-mile run yesterday in a tank top. It’s a March miracle (for Utah anyway). …
You know sometimes, when you get onto Facebook after a long, hard day at work, and suddenly it seems like your wall (or whatever the heck it’s called) has exploded with announcements of marriages, pregnancies, new houses, babies, exotic vacations, and promotions? And then you think to yourself, ‘Why am I so BEHIND everybody?’ You …
Photo via Guys, I have to confess something— I have probably eaten my weight in sugar (mostly chocolate) since Christmas. Literally. It all started innocently enough–I gave myself the old “It’s the holidays” excuse back in November, which got me right back into the bad habits I’ve had with sugar pretty much my whole adult …
I know I talk about teaching basically all the time. I keep telling myself that I really should learn to digress regularly on other topics that don’t have to do with education, but I kind of can’t help it—apparently when you spend 10-12 hours every single workday doing something that asks so dang much of …
Now that it seems that our plans to stay here in Logan for another year have basically solidified (or pretty well near so), I have been taking stock of what’s to come—the changes coming at work, the things that will remain the same, and the exciting curve balls that may lie ahead. But although I’m …
