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Flank Steak and a Crockpot
Read more: Flank Steak and a CrockpotWrite about your most epic baking or cooking fail. Lucky for anyone reading who wants to feel better about themselves and their cooking/baking skills… I have several fun failures I’m willing to share ๐๐ฌ The title of the post is a pretty good story: I absolutely LOVE Korean food, and several years ago, I came…
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Favorite Historical Figure?
Read more: Favorite Historical Figure?Who is your favorite historical figure? I’m not sure how many people would consider Michael Crichton a historical figure, but he is my all-time favorite author, and he is no longer alive, so he was who came to my mind first when I read this promt. If I could choose one person to go back…
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Notable things
Read more: Notable thingsWhat notable things happened today? Notable to who?ย There were several things that happened at work earlier that I found Notable, but I’m not sure if anyone else, especially anyone who is not interested in medical emergencies would agree. I work at a level 1 trauma center, and the hospital is not located in a…
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Bucket List
Read more: Bucket ListWhat countries do you want to visit? My number one bucket list destination is Australia. I have wanted to go there for years. Before I went into the Navy, a few friends and I looked into moving there with a working visa, but the plans fell through. When I was pregnant with my daughter, my…
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Social Media
Read more: Social MediaHow do you use social media? With extreme caution!ย Seriously… I tried Instagram over a decade ago and I found it incredibly frustrating and annoying so I stopped logging into it.ย I used to use Facebook fairly regularly, but once I started going through the divorce process, I started limiting how much I went on…
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Is taking risks worth it?
Read more: Is taking risks worth it?Life = Change One of the biggest risks I’ve ever taken was getting out of the Navy after almost 9 years of service and that ultimately led to me leaving my ex-husband as well.ย So many people thought I was crazy for not staying in for 20 years, but having Maddie changed me more than…
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The Greatest Gift
Read more: The Greatest GiftWhat is the greatest gift someone could give you? The greatest gift someone could give me is time. I realize this is not necessarily realistic, but it can be in a very concentrated sense: if a friend or family member tends to your family while you go do something that your family either can’t/won’t or…
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Just a Snack?! ๐ค
Read more: Just a Snack?! ๐คWhat snack would you eat right now? If it has to be just a snack… I could go for a hot pretzel, popcorn, pizza (or smaller variations that constitute a snack), goldfish crackers, publix white mountain bread toasted with kerrygold, Daikon radish kimchi, dill pickles (the kind that need to be refrigerated from the time…
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What No one tells you when you take on a New Build Home: The good, the bad, the ugly
Read more: What No one tells you when you take on a New Build Home: The good, the bad, the uglyI wish I could say that the process of having a new home built is all rainbows and butterflies… unfortunately, it’s not ๐ read on if you’re curious about what goes on and if it could be the right thing for you. For reference, I started my new build journey in January of 2022 in…
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Maddie’s 7th Birthday
Read more: Maddie’s 7th BirthdayThis day started several months in advance, as I truly enjoy planning our weekend adventures almost as much as I enjoy the adventures themselves ๐ And once I had the green light from monkey herself that she wanted to go to Universal for her birthday this year, I wasn’t gonna try to change her mind…