A Brief Update

Well, it’s Monday…I’m tired…and pretty excited that this week is going to be short…and hopefully sweet!  
You may remember that I mentioned in this post that my sister and 2/3 of her kids would be visiting in December. Well…turns out that 3/3 of the kids are coming.  Meaning…ALL OF THEM.  I’m excited to be [...]

The Year of ???

You may remember that late last year I declared my 29th year the “Year of Sexy”.
To say that I missed the mark from time to time while trying to find “my sexy” would be a vast understatement.  But, I suppose when all was said and done I certainly embraced it a bit more than I [...]

Status Quo

I feel like I’ve reached a time in my existence here where things are…shall we say…normal.
Meaning…I finally see what my life is going to be like in Dallas…and it’s good.
The first two months here were so much about surviving and keeping myself together that little time was spent simply “being”.
That seems to finally be changing.
I [...]

At Last

My closest friend in Alaska was named Marijke.  I’ve blogged about her before.
(Speaking of…did you know that she has a CD!!!!?????)
Long story short…she is good people.  I like her.  And we have had a lot of fun together.
When I decided to move back to Texas…I knew I would miss her.
But then….oh….it’s so exciting I can [...]

The Life of a Nomad

I moved out of my apartment in Eagle River at the end of July…exactly two months ago.
In the last two months I’ve slept in the following places… 
My friend J’s house when I was visiting Dallas.
My friend K’s house when I was visiting Dallas.
My sister’s couch.
My niece’s bed when she was out of town.
An air mattress [...]

Race for the Cure

Last weekend, on a day sandwiched between car shopping, work, and family time, I did something cool.
At the prompting of a friend (who is currently fighting breast cancer) I walked in the Race for the Cure. 
Saturday I (and 30,000 of my closest friends) walked (or ran in some cases) 5K and became part of the [...]

A Countdown, Birthday Edition

I like to count down to things.  I think this is probably because I am a numbers person and it’s easy for me to quantify things if I can assign a concrete value to it.  I counted down to my move to Texas for months.  At first the days moved to slowly but in the [...]

And here you go.

The past few weeks have been a real mixed bag of crazy.  And, really, I mean that in every sense of the word.  I’ve had physical pain, emotional pain, work stress, etc etc etc.  I’ve also had some sweet family time, a few adventures, and a lot of rest.  Rest is important.
Now that I’m (hopefully…knock [...]

Thoughts and Meanderings

I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what I want out of a relationship.  I won’t go into the gory details…but my (lack of) a love life has been what one might call tumultuous recently.  And even better, I brought much of this drama upon myself.  Those of you that have known me for a [...]

Things I Know

I’ve been focusing a lot recently on the unknowns in my life.  And it seems, when the stress is pouring in, that everything is unknown.  But I was reminded today that there are so many things in my life that are concrete KNOWNS.  Things that I can count on.  Things that I can depend on.  [...]