Posted in fun times, journey, life, tagged Halloween; pumpkins; witches on October 31, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This Halloween is going to be a low key one for me. I’m not really “dressing up” for school, although I did buy a really cute t-shirt from CafePress to wear:
I used to love Halloween as a kid – going Trick-or-Treating and enjoying the candy after my parents went through it to make sure it [...]
Posted in beauty, birthdays, changes, friends, fun times, gratitude, health, inspiration, life, life's adventures, new discoveries, self-improvement, surprises, thankful, weekends, weight loss, wine, tagged hiking, Mt. Eden, nature, Saratoga on October 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Sunday, I joined Cynn for a hike in the foothills of Saratoga, at a place called Garrod Stables and Winery. It sits at the foot of Mt. Eden.
Cynn has been sending out emails about getting together to exercise, which I think is an idea that is fantastic in its simplicity. She just turned forty, [...]
Posted in dating, excitement, fun times, journey, life, life's adventures, men, new guys, tagged eHarmony on October 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Since my last post about the possible match with K, he and I have exchanged even more emails and had one long IM conversation. I’ve gotten to know even more about him, and found out that a few of my other assumptions were incorrect:
He does have a daughter. I thought he didn’t because he didn’t [...]
Posted in life, tagged 6 things about me on October 20, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lisa over at Defying Gravity tagged me to share 6 interesting things about me, so here goes:
I come from a long line of proud Italian-Americans. My Nana and Papa (paternal grandparents) came to the U.S. from Bari, Italy in the early 20s to escape Mussolini’s dictatorship. My father’s first language was English, but because my [...]
Posted in life, tagged presidential election 08, Sarah Palin, SNL on October 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I thought Sarah Palin appearing on SNL would be more noteworthy. The one thing that strikes me is that Palin doesn’t seem to “get it” that even though she’s standing in the room with them, they’re still making her look bad. I guess, as they say, you really can’t put lipstick on a pig…or a [...]
Posted in dating, excitement, fun times, happiness, journey, life, life list, life's adventures, men, new guys, tagged eHarmony, online dating on October 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
So, without jinxing myself, I wanted to share an update about my eHarmony experience.
Up until last week, most of my “matches” were anything but. I was starting to give up hope, and kept reminding myself that I signed up for 3 months and I hadn’t even hit one month into it, so I should try [...]
Posted in big purchase, family, fun times, gratitude, happiness, life, life's adventures, shopping, weekends, tagged Coach, Liz Claiborne, new clothes, outlet shopping on October 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today my mom and I went to the outlets about 30 miles from our house in search of a few new items to add to our fall wardrobes. The main draw was the Coach outlet, because I’ve had a Coach knock-off for about a year now, and it’s seen better days.
These outlets have four different [...]
Posted in blog, book club, books, bummin' around, changes, cooking, cozy, dating, family, fitness, friends, fun times, gratitude, happiness, health, journey, life, life's adventures, men, nesting, new beginnings, new discoveries, organization, perspective, plans, reading, review, school year, writing on October 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know I haven’t written a real post on here in a while. Not sure exactly why that is, other than the fact that I’ve been writing a lot more on my weight loss blog, and sometimes it’s hard to come up with content for both. Or, the other obvious reason, because there hasn’t been [...]
Posted in grad school, inspiration, journey, life on October 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The following video sums up one of the best things I learned in my graduate school program last year. This little boy is such an inspiration to me. I hope you enjoy the video, and more importantly, do something to encourage a young person today.
Thanks to LC, my sis, for forwarding [...]
