Top 11 of 2011

Everyone else is doing a top 10 list, but you wouldn’t expect anything less than 11 from me, right? So here goes, my top 11 moments or things about 2011: 11. Celebrating the happy moments in my friends’ lives like new jobs, pregnancies, weddings, moves, and personal successes. 10.  Being on TV for Simply Leap’sContinue reading “Top 11 of 2011”

Take care of your needs, and everyone else’s, too

You may read the title of this post and think, hey, I’ve got enough to take care of for myself without having to worry about everyone else. And to a point, I grant you that it’s completely okay to be selfish sometimes, especially when you’re feeling overstretched and your body is telling you to slowContinue reading “Take care of your needs, and everyone else’s, too”

27 on 11/11/11

So, it’s finally here: 11/11/11.  I’ve made it a pretty big deal – the birthday piece of course, but also my list of 11 things by 11/11/11. Many of you have been a part of this little two-month experiment, either by sending me recipes, receiving my letters, or taking me to new places. Thank youContinue reading “27 on 11/11/11”

The things that scare me…and it’s not a haunted house.

Okay, maybe I’m fudging that a little. It is Halloween after all, and I admit that things like haunted houses and haunted trails and movies like The Ring or It scare me a little (The Birds is for the birds though – that one makes me laugh). But other than ghosts and chainsaws and headlessContinue reading “The things that scare me…and it’s not a haunted house.”

Getting to the center of your Venn Diagram

All of our lives, we’re pushed to place ourselves in a character type, a box of sorts to describe who we are. We take tests and quizzes to figure out if we’re introverts or extroverts, left-brained or right-brained, skilled or adaptable, safe or risky … the list goes on. The problem is, rarely are weContinue reading “Getting to the center of your Venn Diagram”