Posts in the Category: Personal Journey

‚Tempe a little bit of awesome and a little bit of crazy">IKEATempe a little bit of awesome and a little bit of crazy

Posted in - Personal Journey on March 30th 2014 5 Comments
#deals
#Furniture
#IKEA
#ikeatempe
#Interiordesign
#mayhem
#Saturday
#Shopping
#Tempe

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Moving to a new city

Posted in - Personal Journey on March 24th 2014 20 Comments
#ASU
#Culture
#Food
#Newcity
#Starbucks
#Tempe
#WestinHotels

A picture of downtown Tempe.

The weekend is over and the dreaded move has come to an end.  I am getting the lay of the land and getting acquainted with the city. Tempe‚ Arizona is a college town and home of ASU university. It is a far cry from

What do I want to be when I grow up?

Posted in - Personal Journey on March 18th 2014 10 Comments
#amazon
#bossiness
#EBay
#Eighthgrade
#God
#growingup

 Ripped‚ stone washed  jeans where the hot look then.

 

This is a  picture of me in second grade. I already had a “who’s the boss” attitude. 

My Mom and I had a garage sale last Saturday. Children of all ages where joining their parents to find that one item that will make their day. All …

Moving tips on how to not be a shenanigan mover

Posted in - Personal Journey on March 13th 2014 11 Comments
#Craigslist
#EBay
#Labelboxes
#movingideas
#movingtips

FAIL

 

My husband and I are moving in a new apartment in two weeks. We have decided that one of the most dreaded things in life is moving. I will have to admit that I used to be on the top list of worst packers …

No more dumbbells and no more treadmills.

Posted in - Personal Journey on March 5th 2014 11 Comments
#Dance
#Gym
#Zumba

Not feeling like a million bucks.

 

 

I recently discovered  exercise again. I have been on hiatus for about a year.  You can judge me now. I know I was consciously not trying to make it to the gym.  Or‚ I would say‚ “there is always tomorrow.” Well‚ tomorrow came a year …

Giving up the parts that do not fit anymore

Posted in - Personal Journey on February 24th 2014 2 Comments
#control
#peace
#serenity
#Shakespeare

Today‚ I realized I can not control people‚places‚ or things. Well‚ I have known this before‚ but I am human. Every so often‚ I will revert back to my old ways.Shakespeare said‚

I have played many parts‚ and some of those parts do not give me peace and serenity anymore.  I sometimes want to …

“Craigslist and I are now friends">Craigslist and I are now friends

Posted in - Personal Journey on February 12th 2014 8 Comments
#CraigNewmark
#Craigslist
#dosanddonts
#Guitar
#JamieLeeCurtis

 

 

I was a skeptic of Craigslist. That was until recently‚ when I used it to sell a guitar. I had heard about the Craigslist killer‚ and all the people who have  had weird experiences on it. I was that paranoid person who would never buy or sell on Craigslist. My husband could deal …

“The Art of Gift giving">The Art of Gift giving

Posted in - Personal Journey on February 6th 2014 7 Comments
#Christmas
#Gift
#StephenKing

      

 

 

 

It never donned on me until I met my husband and his family that there is an art to gift giving. I had always given last minute gifts. I was that person who would run out to a store an hour before I was supposed to go …

” I am not the General Manager of the Universe"> I am not the General Manager of the Universe

Posted in - Personal Journey on January 27th 2014 9 Comments
#Epiphany
#God

               

 

Why is it so hard for me to say hey‚ I do not have it all figured out today. I do not have a magic Crystal ball that will go in the future and tell me everything I am supposed to be doing in my life. …

Am I doomed to be a bag lady?

Posted in - Personal Journey on December 29th 2013 2 Comments
#Doom
#emotions
#fear
#homeless

 

 

 

I just rode the crazy train of emotions. I played my fear all the way through the scene of me homeless and sleeping in a dumpster. This is my biggest irrational fear that I have drummed up and cannot seem to let go. I am not even close to being in …