What's YOUR Origin Story?
Confession: I’m pretty stuck in my music choices. I don’t listen to a lot of new music much, unless it’s on the limited time I have during my daily commute–which doesn’t always happen.
So I signed up for a music service (this is not an ad for them, so I am not saying anything as of yet) for a really great deal. Note: I doubt I am going to stay with it after the 3 month trial is up,
Essential Lessons from Cats
November NaNoWriMo 2016 update
I finished. This was my second year using Scrivener and I was able to compile my daily tracking sheet (thank you Nano template) and hit just over 50,000 words (50,376 officially, but who is counting?). This software program has been amazing and totally part of my success. It makes me accountable and has the closest word count to actual count ratio I’ve seen in a while.
Dysentery, Or How I learned to love the Oregon Trail Card Game
Growing up, our computers were representative of the time (read: mid 80s to early 90s). Our computer games were also representative of that time. We had lemonade stand and we had Oregon Trail. Lemonade Stand was a math game where you sold lemonade. Oregon Trail was a game where you went on the historic Oregon Trail in the same time period as the epic migration.
Winning the Holiday Potluck with the Pioneer Woman
It’s the time of the year when you can be sure of one thing–working in a corporate environment means potluck meals! Since I’m a huge fan of something easy, I sometimes look to my favorite chefs and cookbooks to assist in this trying time–I was able to take a dish I’d read about (and fell in love with at home) on the Pioneer Woman’s website and make it potluck friendly.
LIFE (AND DEATH) IN A NORTHERN TOWN: A REVIEW OF FANNY FLAGG’S THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING
Disclosure: I voluntarily read a Review Copy of this book. All opinions stated are solely my own and no one else’s.
While I was born in a bigger city, we moved to a small town out of state when I was young, so I became intimately aware of the little things associated with living in a small town.
