2 Years Old, Disney Expert

caylin went to disney world this summer while brett and i were in vegas. my mom took her. i’ve literally lost count of how many times my mom and i went to disney while i was growing up, and now she’s passing it along to my kid. quite…

4000 minutes, 15 months

i hit the 4000 minute achievement on my nike training club app tonight, and all i got was a new ab workout to download. 4000 minutes, and that’s it. no abs, just an ab workout. i have been going strong since march with very few lapses. the only lapses…

A Busy Week

i was fortunate enough this week to do some awesome things that i don’t normally have the opportunity to do. the first was on thursday. the charleston metro chamber of commerce held its annual cyber security conference. i’d never been until this year, oddly enough, and certainly never…

Good Times & A Gutpunch

i feel like i’m back on the rollercoaster again. same one i was on a couple weeks ago. it must be this lethal combination of nostalgia, seeing friends, leaving friends, leaving caylin, hormones out of wack–the perfect storm. not to mention the part where i gained 3 pounds…

Unexpected

i went to this recipe blog post expecting to read the recipe for cinnamon roll cupcakes. never having been to this particular food blog before, i was not ready to read an actual emotional blog. i started reading it, and it hit me like a sack of bricks. i’m…

Little by Little

weekend before last, brett and i purchased our living room set and our dining room set. yesterday, we did a pre-walkthrough of the house (pictures below). today, we purchased our washer/dryer (sold my “old” washer/dryer to my mom when she moved into her townhouse) and our new fridge,…

Too Much Nostalgia Lately

between caylin growing faster than i can keep up with, mother’s day, and moving soon, i feel like a basket case. it doesn’t help that our townhouse (up until this week when we tidied up a LOT) was starting look like a shell of a home. boxes everywhere,…

Gone And Done It

i finally got another tattoo today. i’ve had this craving for a long time now. i get them from time to time. i get the itch to get another piercing or tattoo, but i’m running out of piercing options, and i don’t want to get any “big”…