10 Years Later

I recently received an email about my 10 year college reunion. Ten years. A decade! What in the holy hell? I can't have graduated with my undergrad that long ago. It's funny how so much changes in a decade. From graduating with all the wild, naive ambition of a 22 year old to being 32 …

Great reads + Barnes & Noble: the not-so-hidden gem of fantastic

You walk through the doors, close your eyes and take a deep breath. Ahh that sweet, sweet smell. Nope, not the Starbucks conveniently located within, it's the smell of fresh paper and new books. Maybe there's something else, some other smell they're pumping through the air ducts but ooooh Barnes & Noble I love the …

I don’t do Valentine’s Day

The other day a friend of mine posted a meme I found perfect and hilarious. Person: "So what are you doing for Valentine's Day?" Response: "Going to work, it's a Thursday" I don't do Valentine's Day. Yep, I'm a total love Scrooge. As a kid, I always participated in the exchanging of cheap cards for …

(GASP!) You’re going back to work after you have the baby? For shame!

I can't be the only person out there that has had someone inquire about their plans post-delivery. I'd say that it's pretty normal to be curious. But sometimes the reactions people have about those plans are down right rude. Just to give a little background. My husband and I have a two year old daughter …

Virginia to Florida. Making friends as an adult is hard.

I've always wanted to live at the beach. I grew up less than an hour from Virginia Beach and an hour and a half from the famous Outer Banks, North Carolina, which is where I spent pretty much every single weekend of my life during the summer months from ages 2-20. I'll give it to …

Super-Dad, Modern Man

I'll start with this, my husband is wonderful and we have a great partnership. Hear that? Partnership. We share responsibilities. I’ll be honest, he does a lot more cleaning than I do: one, because he has a lower threshold for clutter and “messes” and two, because I hate it so much. Let me clean butts …

Psh sleep, who needs it? Me. I do.

We've all heard it, "I'll sleep when I'm dead". Umm, nope, no thanks, not me, I'll sleep right now when I need it, thank you very much. I've been trying my best lately to stay consistent with my workouts and getting them done early in the morning seems to work best for me. Just to …

Entering the blogosphere

This will all be repeated in the about me section but here's a little intro to let you know what this is all ab, out. I'm a Virginia native living in Florida. Wife, mother, pet owner, full-time employee trying to navigate this thing called life. I'm sarcastic and sometimes a bit blunt and have almost …