5 Ways to increase your happiness Is there a way to increase your happiness? Every December my wife and I drive through subdivisions on one simple quest: find the house with the best Christmas lights. Amidst the icicles,...
8 Little Changes to help you love your home again-5 min read We were nomadic for approximately 24 months. It’s amazing what happens to your psyche when your roots have no place to permanently sink and your belongings are...
Turning 30. There comes a point in everyone’s life when they know it’s time to make changes to improve their health. My point was turning 30. My 30’s, brought with them some great things, things I welcomed with open arms....
Storytime: We once drove to Buffalo NY to the HOME of the Chicken Wing. Yes, I’m serious. It was 2010. Chris surprised me with a weekend trip to NYC for my birthday. We stayed in Times Square, took a rickshaw...
*read until the end for a free giveaway* I am currently at Starbucks surrounded by 7 people. They are all engaged in intimate relationships with their Smartphones. Scouts honor: not one person is looking at the face of another...
I’ve noticed a confusing trend. Why is it that most people in their professional life confidently manage huge budgets, create elaborate spreadsheets and account for every single dollar on a detailed spending plan. Yet, when it comes to their own...
I’ve been dating the same man for 22 years. You'd think we’d know all there is to know about each other by now. But the crazy thing is, we don’t. I mean, we know A LOT. I know that Chris...
Michiganders, you rock. You put up with things like “I-696,” “February,” and “Ohio State Fans.” You endure endless ridicule for extending your left hand when someone asks where you live. You understand the sheer GENIUS that is the “Michigan Left.”...
I have approximately 5 usual suspects in my mother’s day gift giving arsenal. Typically they revolve around perfume, pedicures, purses, flowers and OF COURSE the sentimental card which mom always says, “Is the only thing she needs.” Honest Confession? Mother’s...
I can remember exactly 1 thing from Professor Aubaugh’s English class at NCU. Which is a real big bummer because gramar grammer grammar. In that small windowless classroom, we read a brief excerpt from, “Amusing Ourselves to Death.” The gist...
