I have been reading some really great books lately. It's rare that I get such a string of good ones in a row, so I'm loving it and dreading when the streak will end ( Read more... )

Life is good today so I am posting! Always good to seize on those happy moments. Also I am avoiding Wheel of Fortune in the living room ( Read more... )

Wow, I've been MIA for a bit haven't I? It's been a very busy month of moving, unpacking, painting, more unpacking, buying stuff, more painting. I've been sort of enduring my job lately so I resist writing here and bitch-bitch-bitching about it even when that's what I feel like doing ( Read more... )

Currently in the midst of pre-moving hell, so it's hard to remember just how glorious our vacation was too weeks ago -- but not that hard. We went to Palm Springs for 3 days and Las Vegas for 2, and had an absolutely wonderful time. It was incredibly relaxing and fun and just the change of pace I needed to remotivate me for living my normal life ( Read more... )

We love our place, but it just feels small, especially the living/kitchen area. Also, it's incredibly cold (north facing windows only means freezing at all times of the year), and lacks ventilation in the master bathroom, which means delightful things like two different types of mold. It feels like time for more ( Read more... )

Bored at work. Nothing
To do. How to pass the time?
Why, zombie haiku!

( More braaaaiiinnnnssss please! )

5. At is turns out, I don't have much to say about trying to write a novel. Particularly when I don't want to share any actual information about the story on the internet. There's only so many ways to say "Writing is hard." And I ran out of them pretty quickly ( Read more... )

I have been blogging here since the fall of 2004. Back then, I was a senior at Pepperdine University. This blog has seen a lot of excitement since then! Graduating college, traveling to Asia and Africa, moving to San Diego, navigating the horrors of law school and the bar exam, becoming part of an amazing 20s group at church, falling in love with ( Read more... )

It was so good to be back. As far as I can figure, the last time I was there was probably 2008? I think I met some friends from college for one of their birthdays. So, over two and a half years in between visits, which is pretty long for me ( Read more... )

We're back from our mini-anniversary trip this weekend ( Read more... )