All Rileyed UpTips on Trips and Camps
Did you ever attend summer camp? Did you ever regret summer camp? In Robin Hemley nonfiction work, DO-OVER!, he writes “Our whole lives we struggle with our personal sense of failure,” he writes. “To the outside world, our failures are strangers, but to us, they’re our closest intimates, closer than friends, children, spouses, parents; nourished [...]
Become and Online Shopping
I am perusing the goods over at Become.com, which is a shopping site where you look for items and the site finds said items all over the Internets and lists them for you in easy price comparison form. They also provide some articles on current trends, curiosities, interests, etc… I feel that based on the [...]
My Life, With Commentary
A repost in remembrance of the Notorious F.O.X.– You might have heard any of these remarks over the course of my visit with the vet today: 1. Looks like Riley is headed for the vet’s office with both dogs and both kids. She’s overdue for that rabies vac. I’m thinking she might run into some [...]
Vans for Wheelchairs
When I was younger, there was a boy at my church with cerebral palsy. He was very well spoken and nice, and he used a wheelchair. His family drove a huge van in order to transport their son wherever they went. Naturally, I thought of him when I heard about National Mobility Awareness Month. In just [...]
Signs, Signs, Everywhere a Sign
Are you nodding your head along now and jamming out, having read the title of this post? If I even hear the word “sign,” that song starts to play itself in some part of my brain. Hence, I had the urge (and followed through to) Google the video by Tesla after reviewing the website Safety [...]
Moving to Los Angeles
I am currently reading the Frontier Magic series by Patricia C. Wrede, and the third book in the series is called The Far West. When I read the title, my mind automatically thought of other times I’ve heard that phrase or allusions to it, which naturally conjured up images in my head of when I [...]
Fast Forward Academy
Taxes, taxes, taxes. Tax season is over, but like vampire books and Tom Cruise, it never goes away. How do you do your taxes? I get my taxes done with my tax accountant who came to me by way of my husband who came to him by way of a referral. We love our tax [...]
Halloween Costume Planning GO!
So I know it may be April, but it’s never too late to start planning for Halloween! I also happen to be surrounded by students dressing up in Brazilian Carnival themed outsides for an upcoming variety show (feathers, lots and lots of feathers), so maybe costumes are on my mind. Here are a few suggestions culled [...]
London Apartments, Anyone?
Harry Potter. Love Actually. Shanghai Knights. The Queen. What do movies things have in common besides my stream of consciousness? Well, they all take place in London. Have you ever wanted to visit London? Whether you’ve always been interested, or the Olympics 2012 has finally caught your eye, London is a fabulous place to check [...]
Medicare Supplemental Insurance
Currently, at my school, our union has been negotiating our health benefits. They offer us health insurance and cover a very healthy portion of my health insurance costs, but of course, I still have to pay some monthly out of pocket, not to mention I’m on an 80/20 plan so whenever I go somewhere, I [...]
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