I’ve been working lately on organizing and sorting through lots of old photos. I guess it was inspired when I needed to buy a new scanner to do the memorial video for my cousin Ally. Since the new scanner works so well, I started going through old albums and boxes of photos. I’ve gotten about [...]

So, I’ve been in my house FOREVER.  And I bought it used…and it shows.  If you own a home, then you know how freaking expensive it is to do anything significant, and do it right.  So big projects tend to be ignored until they are critical and then I totally get screwed.  Case in point, the great A/C [...]

I am taking on the challenge to make a difference in our community by participating in the Arthritis Walk as part of “Let’s Move Together,” the Arthritis Foundation’s nationwide movement that encourages people to move to prevent or treat arthritis. Why am I involved? Because right now 1 in 5 people suffer from the pain [...]

So, this has been a crazy week.  After coming back from being gone for my cousin’s services, I jumped right back into work.  Monday was just a long day, and then I started super early on Tuesday.  That evening, I had a meeting to go to where our guest speaker was former Vice President of [...]

So I’m sitting here watching the Simpsons and writing in my blog to avoid doing things I need to do. I have this dvd sitting here – staring at me, and as much as I want to watch it, I’ve been avoiding it for the past 24 hours. When I was a senior in high [...]

I got a call from my mom tonight, and found out that my 20 year old cousin Ally had died. I think I’m still in shock.  I hadn’t seen her recently, and in a way, it almost makes it worse.  I wish she and I had had a closer relationship. When she was just a [...]