The snow…the snow! I’ve seen enough of it already. And I have plans for winter to end in the latter portion of January. Yes, that’s right, winter will end in a month. Hear that, Mother Nature? Yes? Got it? Good. On January 26, you can find me outside in shorts and a t-shirt, frolicking in [...]
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Gingerbread houses scare me. Why? Let me clarify: the houses themselves don’t scare me. In all of their adorableness, how could they? Even the pansiest pansy of a person couldn’t be scared by a gingerbread house. Fruit roll-up sidewalks, gumdrop adornments, and gingerbread inhabitants are hardly imposing. But making gingerbread houses? It’s quite frightening. I’ve attempted gingerbread houses before. It’s never pretty. Fallen [...]
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Thanksgiving tends to be cliché. Of course, I feel ever so thankful for family and friends. But, this gratitude is felt on a day-to-day basis. It’s impossible to forget how thankful I am for my loved ones. Who am I to argue with congregating around a table to feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes, and sweet dinner rolls? [...]
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As many of you are aware, the recent mid-term elections marked a turn-over of power in the House of Representatives. Republicans will soon yield a majority in a previously Democrat-controlled House. To reflect this development, as well as to celebrate the absence of mudslinging political advertisements for a whopping 4 days, it only seemed appropriate to make turnovers. Tee [...]
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Have you ever been so certain of something, you’re literally 99.99% sure? Right now, I’m 99.99% sure this stick of gum tastes good. I’m 99.99% sure it’s 70-something degrees Fahrenheit in this room. I’m 99.99% sure my dog is laying in the living room (and I’m looking right at her). Those 99.99% certainties are much [...]
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I’m getting anxious for fall to arrive. I cannot wait for the spectacular running weather, the crunchy sunburnt leaves, the college football season, the pumpkin baked goods, and the tasty limited edition of Starbucks’ Pumpkin Spiced Latte. For me, autumn holds many great memories of summersaulting through raked leaves and getting crunchy bits of dead [...]
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