There is something about plane flights across the country that make you yearn for the below freezing temperatures.  To be honest, they make you want tooth surgery. But I am home.  And the flight back and forth was worth it.  Because I had, for lack of a better cliché, the best time ever. Seriously.

The thing about the cold is that you forget.  Your body has this mechanism inside it.  And when you go into a Starbucks, or a bookstore, or a pizza place, that mechanism turns on and allows your mind to dismiss the fact that outside is a chill that wants nothing more than to rip your…

We drove down Wisconsin street into the Georgetown area today.  It was sort of like being on a tour bus, except neither of us were the tour guide.  We just shouted out stores and restaurants that we recognized.  "Banana Republic."  "Chipotle."  "Einstein Bros Bagels." (What? You haven’t heard of it?) And then we got to…

Good times, my friends, good times. It is cold here.  Not like, "Dude, I should have brought a sweatshirt."  More like, "Dude, I can’t feel my legs.  And why can’t I see through my breath?"  But whatever.  That is why humans have created car heaters.  And peacoats. I interviewed with a marketing firm in Virginia. …

There is something about being 30,000 feet in the air that makes your head clear.  It might be the low cabin pressure.  Or it might be the view.  Or it might be the battle for the armrest. But today, I got up there, and it became clear.  Much clearer than two layer thick plastic. I…

This morning, my yoga teacher talked about love.  About how our culture is obsessed with "finding" love.  But how in reality, love is not something you find. Love is everywhere.  It is inside you, and outside you.  The goal is not to search for it, but to see it.  To accept it.  Accept it in…

Yesterday, I got an email from Candi at Scrapbooks Etc.  She wanted to know if I would create a layout for her "Make it Yours" Column.  I said, "Yes, of course." In my head I said, "YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!" And so then with the speed of 37 horses, I created the assigned layout and emailed it to…

I took a lot of naps over the past three days.  Which really only means that I am looking at some insomnia ahead.  It is like a physics law: "What goes to sleep, must eventually lay awake annoyed." I watched an excessive amount of abc.com television.  Brothers & Sisters is one of the best shows…

Yesterday, I got a delivery from amazon.com.  Which is by far my most frequent online shopping site.  I actually enjoy that you have to spend $25 to get free shipping – it encourages me to buy more books. Also love how it tells you what you would like.  That is how I wound up with…

Effer Dare challenge this week to MAKE A BOLD STATMENT. Scrapbooking is often not about being bold.  It seems more appropriate to save forever the happy memories.  The good thoughts.  The flattering photographs. Am really wanting to scrap the HERE and the NOW.  The REAL.  And the Effers helped me do that tonight.  So, thanks,…