January 31st

One down, eleven more to go. So, how’s your New Year’s resolution panning out? I’m not 100% sure what I decided to go with anymore. I’m sure I mentioned streamlining my life again. I’m still working on it. The fact I made it to the 31st is a good start, and I have been making […]

Rainy, renewing weekends

It’s funny how the same type of event can cause such diametrically opposed reactions. Normally when I hear the word ‘conference’ I cringe a little inside.  It’s the same way I feel when I hear the word ‘meeting’. Maybe it’s from 15 years of sitting through educational lectures, but that’s how it works, right? I […]

Mother’s Day Weekend

I’m not sure when every holiday turned into a weekend, but a few years ago I noticed a sudden creep. Days turned into weekends, then holidays became weeks. Now don’t get me wrong- I like the celebration of chocolate as much as the next writer, but I dislike the extreme commercialism of the buy-buy-buy that […]