Right now, I’m watching the Auburn/Alabama game. I’m super annoyed by it all. By our coaching debacle, by the announcers who are being assholes, by the fact that I know Nick Saban’s going to run the score up to 100 if he can. By all of it. Holidays annoy me. They’re not relaxing at all. […]
Read MoreI don’t remember how old I was when I realized the vanilla we used in recipes at home was “adult vanilla.” Maybe it was when we found out our housekeeper was stealing it and getting wasted off of it while she ironed our clothes. That was probably it. For all my life, there has always […]
Read MoreI’ve never thought of myself as competitive. I am who I am and try not to compare myself to others. In the blogging world, I’ve always been confident in my stats (or lack thereof) and not worried about who was better than me. But now that I’ve started running, and actually running RACES, with winners […]
Read MoreThat’s obviously what this is… what this crazy life is that I seem to be leading right now looks like. It HAS to be a mid-life crisis. There’s really no explanation for the fact that I’m doing crazy things that I SWORE I would never do. Like planning to run a half marathon in February. […]
Read MoreThey say old dogs can’t learn new tricks. I beg to differ. The older I get, which OMG I THOUGHT I WAS ONLY 35 BUT REALIZED I’M ALMOST 37, I realize I have a huge desire to learn new things. Which brought me to … Today’s (totally and completely optional) prompt: What new tricks would […]
Read MoreRight now, home for us is in a suburb of Atlanta. It has great schools, wonderful people, and even calls the city center a village. What isn’t to love about it? But home has changed over the years. It’s truly become more of a “where we live” type thing. We’ve lived in Alpharetta, Macon, Fort […]
Read MoreComfort zones. We all have them. In fact, we wrote a few weeks ago about what makes us feel comfy-cozy. Today we’re going to talk about stepping out of your comfort zone and doing something you never thought you would or could. Or just write whatever. You know we’re easy around here! This morning, I’ll […]
Read MoreNiches are like assholes. Everybody has one. Or at least they’re supposed to. That’s always one of the first topics of conversation at blogging conferences or get-togethers. “What’s your niche?” At the NonCon, where we did little to no actual Conferencing (ps: did I tell you already that you would HATE it? because you would.), […]
Read MoreI really want to keep this conference a secret so it stays this small and intimate forever and ever. I also want them to have it multiple times a year. But enough about that for now… Since I’m busy sleeping thinking about writing and all the amazing things I want to do, we’re going to […]
Read MoreTuesday afternoon. All day Wednesday. Work. No phone. No internet. No email. It’s as if we were living in 1994, or worse, the dark ages. Thank God for cell phones, even though there’s crap service in the office. Selling plants without being able to connect easily with customers and vendors is hard. It’s enough to […]
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