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After years of being single, I got married last year to the love of my life. I was ready to settle down because my 20s were filled with a lot of adversity and financial struggles. There were times when I really wondered why I was still fighting each day to function, but thankfully my mental […]

My idea of a fun and interesting Christmas present is not an AC unit, but my daughter has requested that as her Christmas gift. She moved into a mobile home with her boyfriend and they don’t have Central AC. The mobile home is about an hour south of Orland Park, Illinois, where my husband and […]

Sometimes college sports are nothing and sometimes they are a huge deal. In Eugene Oregon, the football team is a big deal. Autzen Stadium is a huge arena for all the fans to support the college team. You hardly remember that they are college rather than professional. My friends and I dress in bright yellow […]

I’m always willing to adopt new technology if it will benefit my life. I resisted tablets when they were introduced because they seemed like nothing more than a large smartphone without mobile data and internet capabilities. While this is true in theory, there is genuine utility out of having a device with a screen that […]

It was a long one, 9-5, but totally worth it. I live up north and my whole family is in the grape business. My father sells his grapes for jams and jellies. My mother makes grape oriented skin care products. My brother makes wine with the grapes. Anytime I go on a vacation that is […]

I am a huge hockey fan. I used to live down south where hockey isn’t that big of a deal. Even when they had a Stanley cup winning team, the southerners didn’t really care. Since I wasn’t a fan anyway, I moved to a colder location. Work placed me in Glenview Illinois. At first I […]

One of the biggest reasons why I love living in Tampa, Florida is due to the weather. I absolutely love the sunshine and the beach. I didn’t have to move to Florida after I graduated from college, but I wanted to live in a place where I could go surfing and spend every weekend at […]