I like to consider myself a really positive person. I can’t help it; it’s just how I’m wired. I have a knack for getting over stuff really quickly too. I think my husband has helped me perfect this skill over the years. But despite my cheery demeanor, I certainly have my share of “fingernails on the […]
Girl Talk
My BIG Lent sacrifice…
Being the good non-Catholic that I am, I’ve given something up for Lent every year since 2008. You see, my husband Jeff is a shopping cart strict Catholic and so I do this for him. Last year I even gave up chocolate and I only cheated a couple of times in 40 days, so that’s not […]
30th Birthday challenge: 65 mile bike marathon
On April 10th, 2010 I’m riding in a 65 mile bike marathon that will take more than six hours to complete. Am I crazy? Or, am I crazy? At this point I can’t really wrap my head around this notion of being on my bike for six hours. So for now I just focus on each […]
My first spring break since college
In exactly three weeks I’m leaving for Cabo San Lucas, Mexico for a long girl’s weekend. I cannot freaking wait to be laying in 85 degree weather having a hot pool boy bring me a free pina colada upon command. I say “free” because we got a sweet deal on an “all-inclusive” resort and it’ll […]
Embracing the dirty thirty
As I sit here and type this I’m not yet 30. I’m only 29. The clock is ticking loudly though, which means the “dirty thirty” is coming fast and furious. It’s funny, because it doesn’t seem so long ago that I pledged to myself to get drunk often and live it up during my last […]