My friends are pressuring me to join them in the world of social networking, but my blog and the preschool website are difficult enough to keep updated that I’m not sure I can take on another task. I have a profile, but I have never elaborated on it, or sought out friends, or accepted friends, [...]

Standing in line at 6:15 in the morning, waiting nearly an hour to cast my vote, seeing neighbors and friends who showed up even earlier than I did, coming home to read blog posts like this one, sensing the shift, realizing that this is history…that I am a part of it, has made me very [...]

I’d like to think that I’m an environmentally conscious individual. I recycle…everything. I leave my car at home for most of my errands. I have removed nearly all hazardous, commercial, chemical-laden cleaning products from my home (the lysol wipes are the last to go…I just don’t know how to get through my daily bathroom wipe-down [...]

As random stuff happens throughout the day, I tell myself…that would make a good blog post, but for some reason (complete exhaustion, splitting headache, screaming children, annoying phone call, brain fart) the post never gets written, the blog gets neglected and I’m left wondering if anyone even reads this thing anymore.
I keep telling Kyle that [...]

My baby sister turned 24 today.

She is beautiful, strong, intelligent, stylish, and perpetually 5 years younger than me. The world is at her fingertips, and I am so proud of how far she has reached to grab it.
Happy Birthday, Brittany…I can’t wait to celebrate Chicago-style.