Go Green!
I was on the phone with my Sister, Christina, last night when Kristian got home. He'd barely uttered the phrase, "Do we want free tickets to see the Celtics?" when…
Dognappers!
On Monday afternoon, my new coworker (L) and I took a trip to Southie to drop off some donated computers at the Boys and Girls Club there. (Altruism + field…
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Some Random Thoughts for Election Day
First things first, make sure that (if you're a US Citizen) you vote today! I'm pretty sure that anybody who has internet access would have a hard time forgetting that…
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Happy 75% Off Candy Day!
So, Halloween happened. I knew that every other girl was going to dress like Snooki this year, but I also didn't really care. I wanted an excuse to paint my…
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Whoops!
I just blew my accumulated Amazon gift certificates on a present for... myself. So much for using my credit card points to buy presents for other people. In my defense,…
Running in the U.S.A.
If you had asked me, last year, if today I was going to run all the way to Malden Center and back... with a dog (my own dog)... while happily…
Ruby’s Quilt!
My sister took some pictures of Ruby's quilt for me. Here they are! The blue quilt underneath it is a wedding quilt that my Grandmother made for her. I'm incredibly…
Happy Black Friday!
Happy black friday, everyone! We've gone nowhere near a mall, outlet or big box store today. The closest we got was a failed attempt to buy some apples at a…
Happy Turkey Day!
Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! I'm thankful that there's only three of us for Thanksgiving... because nobody minds that we're eating dinner about three hours late. Apparently you have to defrost turkeys…
A Better Bus Experience
This morning, I took the bus up to Vermont to spend Thanksgiving with my sister, Christina. Not only was the bus (Darmouth Coach, FTW!) on time, we also got snacks,…