Twelve by 2012 recap

January 21, 2012

I didn’t cross every item off my Twelve by 2012 list, but I’m satisfied with my progress. I know if I hadn’t joined the challenge none of these things would have been accomplished in 2011 because I would have just procrastinated on them (and in many cases I did procrastinate, but I got them done [...]

State of my life address: me, Me, ME (part 1)

October 25, 2011

This is part 4 of my state of my life series. Part 1 on my house and home can be read here, part 2 on my family is here, and part 3 on my friends is here. I am almost 32.5 years old and I think the last half of my 32nd year will end [...]

Car owner

August 25, 2011

I’ve been dreaming of owning my own car for years and nearly all my friends thought it was ridiculous that I wasn’t a car owner at the advanced age of 32. The mistake I made was sharing my desire to own a car often enough that it became the question to ask me at group [...]

Life is good

August 2, 2011

I had one of the best weekends this summer, even though it was full of hard work. It helps that it was a long weekend. I crossed a long-time goal off my list and I participated in one of my family’s biggest decluttering operations, one that is nowhere near complete. It will be a multi-stage, [...]