Monthly Archives: June 2017

So, finances have been a struggle this month. My rent went up, and overtime has not been offered at the day job. Another revenue source went down by about $50. We had already been discussing moving, but we’ve been having trouble finding another house to rent. Then we thought it might be a good ideaContinue reading “Better money management”

I just finished coaching my kid’s volleyball team at the Y. It was the first time I’d ever coached anything, and the first time I’d ever been in charge of kids besides my own. It was… and experience, to say the least. It’s not one that I was especially fond of if I can beContinue reading “What I learned coaching volleyball”

I’ve been going to my local theater for some time, watching amateur plays. I take the kids, trying to force some culture into their little brains before they decide that nothing I like is cool. I am, after all, in my thirties. The husband doesn’t go with us, and that’s fine. Sometimes my mother inContinue reading “Sing A Sad Song And Make It Better”

Hey, everyone. I was so fortunate to get an advanced copy of this book to review. And I have to tell you, it was awesome. The world is well thought out, the characters were endearing and the magic set up is highly structured. Here’s a quick blurb from the book. Compelled to obey the darkContinue reading “Darklands The Rhen Wars Saga comes out tomorrow!”

Last month I wrote an open letter to a teacher I wasn’t thrilled with. Unless you’ve been very lucky I’m sure you have at least one of those teachers in your past. Unless you’ve been very unlucky, you also have a teacher like the one I’m going to tell you about today. He was anContinue reading “An Open Letter To The Teacher Who Changed My Life”

As most of you know, I have two daughters. One is twelve and one is thirteen. Yes, I do want to put my own head through a wall, thanks for asking! I often hear other parents say, “My kid is just my life!” More than that, I see other parents practice what they’re preaching. TheirContinue reading “My Kids Are Not My Life”

I started using Good Reads! So, as my reading list continues to be scattered and all over the damn place, you can keep updated with it easier. Here’s a link if you want to follow me or add me. So, here’s a link to the last reading list I posted. Since February I’ve read aContinue reading “My Reading List, Right Now”

Spoiler Warning! If you haven’t read American Gods, or if you’re watching the mini series as it airs on Starz, don’t read this yet! This is the last Neil Gaiman book for awhile, I promise. At least, until I finish Norse Mythology. I really loved American Gods. It’s a perfect example of a good bookContinue reading “Picking Apart American Gods”

My birthday is this week and I’m turning 31. I really didn’t think that turning 30 was going to have any sort of impact on me or how I live my life. I was wrong. I’ve changed a lot in the last year. Some of it was on purpose. Some of it was just aContinue reading “How I’ve Changed Since Turning 30”

I’m turning 31 on the 7th. That means that I was born in 1986. That means that I, and my husband, are Millennials. I get that we have a bad name. I hear the word ‘special snowflake’ thrown around, along with ‘safe spaces’ and ‘Boomerang Generation’. We’re the generation that embraced out nerdy side, createdContinue reading “My Generation”