Do you ever feel like you just don't belong where you are? I've had that feeling for quite a while now. It's like I don't fit where I live. All the fun things have been done, all the new places are now old, and all the people worth meeting here have… Read full post »

It happened yesterday, folks. After nearly 5 years, I broke up with my boyfriend. The long and the short of it is that he was going in one direction and I in the other. I feel scared, sad, relieved, and weird. Being single is a whole new territory for me. I'm… Read full post »

Tough Love

To gain love is to gain the world

Triumph in it's most earnest form.

It's given by another who does not

feel defeated, but won.

To give love is a brave and new act.

Powerful and selfless upon whom it's bestowed.

By God's hands it's molded, by humans it's… Read full post »

I just got back from a mini-vacation at my grandparents' house in Michigan. I love Michigan. I love my grandparents. So all went well. End of post.

Not so fast, readers. You think you can get away this easily? Not so fast! Watch as I snare you… Read full post »

Good day, March 8! I hear you have birthdays that need celebrating. Well, I can help you out.

Today is my man's birthday along with his mother's. Pretty nifty, huh? Tonight their family is going out to a fancy Japonese place where they throw food at you. It's great. One… Read full post »

Hey readers, guess what? I have found a hobby! Collages! At least, it's a temporary hobby seeing as how I only get motivated to make them around birthdays or national holidays. But regardless, I have found something inexpensive that keeps me busy. Good. Good. Good.

I'm working on two collages for… Read full post »

My grandpa came over today. It was nice to see him. He brought pie...raspberry pie. My personal favorite. That's why he's awesome. Grandparents are awesome. And they must wear some secret dopamine-laced body spray that is only given out when grandparenthood is reached because babies (as I witnessed t… Read full post »

Lots of things have crossed my mind today. Recent occurences, dreams, future unknowns, my own self-knowledge, sushi...I love sushi. But things just seem to be happening out of order. The typical American life begins with birth, then following the examples of a parent(s) or authority figure until bran… Read full post »

Today was a good day. Nice and warm. Spring is peaking at us over the horizon, and everyone feels it. In my house, talk of what will be planted in the garden this year is beginning to spread.

"Corn?"

"No, we didn't pick it in time last year."

"Tomatoes?"… Read full post »

How sweet is the rain outside my window

to lull me into my dreams with its constance,

its faithful soft trill of drops tapping on the roof.

The ground. The window.

It puts peace into my mind and soothes the aches

caused by dry days' drear by hugging me… Read full post »

Day ? of job hunting. I'm feeling quite restless because of my lack of success. I've ventured down different avenues and gotten the same results so far: a paper with lists of career websites, jobs that fit a communications degree, unwanted sympathy, more stupid lists of places to apply, rejection ema… Read full post »

Today started off well enough. I was awakened at 6:15am by my dad and we shuffled into my parents room to sing my mother her 55th "Happy Birthday" song. I came armed with oatmeal and my mother's favorite fixings for it, and my dad holding a candle for her to blow… Read full post »

There was a job fair yesterday at my alma mater. I attended, and now I'm happily reaping the benefits. I have 2 interviews, readers!!!! I should have gone to one of these long ago, but alas, I didn't. And that was a bad decision on my part.

I'll tell you… Read full post »

Good morning, readers. When I woke up today it was snowing...again. I'm really tired of this wishy-washy weather. It it snows, or it doesn't. Pick one and stick with it.

Now I sit here in front of my lap-held mobil communication device, communicating. This is the time where I would make… Read full post »

You never realize how much something was a part of your life until it isn't there anymore. I feel that way about bread. A few days ago after a carb-laden cooking class (blueberry cobbler <-yum!, pear almond frangipane tart, key lime pie) that I needed to rethink my bread… Read full post »

Greetings, readers. Long time, no type. I'm sorry. I will come right out and say that my motivation to write about my day every single day went out the window. But things are changing. New developments are taking place and I must adapt.

This is kinda scary and embarrassing to admit,… Read full post »

Today was my sister’s baby shower. We had an excellent time. Since she’s having a boy, everything was blue. And camouflage! Her husband is a redneck, loud and proud, so in his honor there were many blue camouflage items. My gift for my sister fit right into the mix. At the… Read full post »

I'm about to complain. Ready?

I'm tired of being wrong, when I tried so hard to be right.

There, that's it. Everything that is upsetting me at this moment in a short, neat sentence. Looks nice, huh?

Anyway, complaining won't solve any of my problems. It will just make people… Read full post »

I have to keep looking back on past posts in order to remember which day of culinary school I'm in. My memory is failing me...

Today I didn't go to class. Shame on me. Shame, shame, shame... Alright, I'm over it now. Besides, I've been going all week. I needed a… Read full post »

Work work work work work work work work. That's all I do these days. That and school. Lots of school.

But I'm not uspest about it. I think that the only part that sucks is that my feet hate me. But what can I do? I stand all day at… Read full post »

What a crappy day. The weather just blows. I had my baking class today and we made fruit desserts. My group made apple charlotte. It's like a pie but bread slices are used for the top and bottom crusts. It wasn't bad. The other groups made cherry cobbler, and caramelized pears.… Read full post »

What a crappy day. The weather just blows. I had my baking class today and we made fruit desserts. My group made apple charlotte. It's like a pie but bread slices are used for the top and bottom crusts. It wasn't bad. The other groups made cherry cobbler, and caramelized pears.… Read full post »

It's Tuesday, so you would have expected to see "Tweny Second" in the title, but I was sick. I stayed home from scholl yesterday, and I'm only counting the days I attend class. Otherwise it would be a lie.

Yesterday, all I did that was notable was cough, sniffle, wait at… Read full post »

Hello, Sicky McCougherson here. I have a nasty cold that was in full force yesterday and I felt like junk all day. Today I'm staying in. All of my plans have been cancelled, and I'm trying not to move as much as possible. I think the only major action thus far is… Read full post »

Have you ever started a project and become so anxious about its success that every small setback makes you feel like a failure. Well, I made pink ribbon cookies for work today (also blue. My boss had family members pass from both breast and colon cancer. The blue ribbon represents colon… Read full post »