Category: Life At Home

January 9 – Happy Birthday

Meet Tiny Dodger! The newest addition to mine and J’s family. Tiny got her name from the fact that she dodges traffic like a pro. So here I was driving home from my hometown back to Springfield on Wednesday I spot this little pup jumping through the tall grass in between two lanes of traffic […]

reflection of the past 3 years

I know, I know.  It’s a bit late around here, but I’ve been working all day and then came home to cook a delicious dinner for J and I.  Then in ironic fashion I sat on the couch for two hours while watching The Biggest Loser.  At least I got in some activity at work […]

Life is a ride. Simple phrase that explains so much. I graduated from college with my Masters. Celebrated Christmas with my family and J’s family. Traveled over 8 hours in a car in less than 36 hours. Rang in the New Year with J and some great friends. Started living on my own again. survived […]

Diet 7-Up Biscuits

Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a day filled with love and yummy goodness! J and I celebrated our first Thanksgiving together this year.  Due to work schedules we both weren’t able to make the drive home, especially since our drive is in opposite directions of one another.  It just made it too difficult.  So, […]

Check Marks for Fall

Now that it is finally starting to feel like fall around the heartland I can create my fall to do list.  Here are a few of the things that I cannot wait to cross off with my favorite season of the year. 1) Ghost Tour of the historic Pythian Castle here in Springfield. 2) Carve […]

Days like these

On days that start off like this one where Maggie and I spend most of morning in bed, watching rom-coms on Netflix and being lazy then I can guarantee you that my class notes for the day will look a little like this. Here’s hoping today is better than yesterday for my attention span.