One time when I was feeling really stressed, my dad quoted part of that great Eagles song to me – “Take it easy, take it easy, don’t let the sound of your own wheels drive you crazy”.  Every time I hear that song, it makes me put things in perspective and reminds me to relax.… Read More Don’t Let the Sound of Your Own Wheels Drive You Crazy

Is it sad that I just downloaded a bunch of *NSYNC songs to add to my MP3 player?  It’s sad, isn’t it?  I think I actually kind of forget they ever existed.  I haven’t listened to their music since high school, but I heard one of their songs on the radio this weekend and, well,… Read More *NSYNC

I don’t typically use this blog as a platform to discuss religion, and I don’t expect everyone to agree with what I choose to believe.  However, I’ve been hearing this song lately on the radio.  It’s not a new song, but this is a new(er) version of it.  I really like it, and whenever I… Read More A Revelation Song

I’ve read several posts about Wal-Mart lately, and while I don’t have any personal horror stories, it has reminded me of something that happened to a friend of mine.  I know that this woman won’t mind my sharing her crazy experience with all of you, so here goes: My friend had gone to Wal-Mart to… Read More Wal-Mart Stories

I am going to kill my husband, or at the very least find some way to embarrass him as much as he embarrassed me! So I’m at home, doing laundry.  Things have been crazy with work, so it had really piled up.  Translation – I was walking around in my bathrobe at 6:30 in the… Read More Oooooh, embarrassing

Thanks so much to the lovely Preppy Buckeye for the Kreativ Blogger award.  She’s still a little new to the blogging world, so please stop by her site and check her out! As part of this award, I have to list 7 things about myself of which you might not be aware.  That’s going to… Read More Seven Things + a Giveaway

Man, I did not sleep well last night.  Just about the time I’d drift off, Chris would start to thrash and flip sides, slapping the mattress and scaring me half to death while sending my heart rate through the roof!  He did this several times, till finally at 5:28 this morning I loudly told him… Read More Chocolate, Corn Mazes, Goats, and First Days at Work

I’m a little irritated tonight.  Rather than blasting out some long post, I decided to list a few pet peeves.  These didn’t all happen this weekend.  Actually, this weekend was really fun, but a few happened within in the last 4 hours and really soured my mood.  So annoying. Those people who think it’s entertaining… Read More Pet Peeves

I’ll admit – I’m fastidious about washing my hands.  I’m a nurse and I’m constantly using the foam or gel dispensers on hospital walls, washing my hands before and after entering a patient’s room, in-between touching patients if they share a room, cleaning up if I sneeze… you get the idea. So it really bugged… Read More The Hand-Washing Police

Good morning everyone 🙂  Thanks for your kind comments about my book review – I really appreciated it.  I may do this again in the future, depending on what books I come across. I wish that I had lots and lots of copies of “Never the Bride” so that I could send one to each… Read More Free Book Winner

I’m always on a quest for good running music.  I heard this song while I was jogging this morning, and it made me happy – I hope it does the same thing for you, too.  Enjoy! (“I’ve Got the World on a String”, sung by Michael Buble)

I pass this bench every time I go to the grocery store near us: I finally had to stop and take a picture.  I don’t think that they could put it any more bluntly than that.

These are my last few days of freedom (as Chris so aptly put it on Tuesday – thanks, Dear!).  I start at my new job on Monday, and even though I’m excited and raring to go, I have to admit that I’ve enjoyed these weeks of  unemployment a lot more than I thought I would.… Read More “The Last Days of Freedom”, or “How An Unsuspecting Career Girl Came to Enjoy Being a Stay-At-Home Wife”

One of my favorite things about Fall is the food – pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, apple dumplings, chai tea, chili during football games, turkey and cranberry sauce – the list goes on and on.  I’m looking forward to dusting off some of my seasonal recipes and incorporating them into our weekly menu. I’ve already pulled… Read More Fabulous Fall Food

I was so excited to figure out who the winner of my giveaway was!  In order to ensure that I was not being at all partial or biased, I called Chris up at work this morning, had him go to Random.org, and input the numbers for me. And the winner is… D.A.R., of Just Another… Read More And the winner is…