Anyone close to me know, I love surprises. The thing is, if we’re close, it’s hard to surprise me because my intuition is pretty sharp. However, somehow, some way, Eddie pulled a quick one on me, and blind-sided me with a wedding proposal. For those […]
Ok so I don’t really have tricks, perse but I couldn’t think of a better title. I finally started treatment with my dentist to get my teeth straightened. They weren’t terribly crooked, but with aligners running $5,000 or more (after insurance pays their part), I […]
Let me preface this entire post by letting you know that I paid full retail for these Tieks I’m about to review for you. No discount, no incentives, I’m not getting paid for this review, all opinions are my own. That being said, many of […]
One of the biggest tools I’ve ever picked up involving finances is a spending diary. It’s a little tedious at first, but was the biggest helper in identifying where I was spending and losing so much money. Using this spending diary, I was able to […]
I am frequently asked my friends and family, “aren’t you scared?” or “how do you do it?” when it comes to traveling solo, and traveling to places I’ve never been. I’m often told that people are afraid of traveling alone, and my response is always […]
Let’s go on an adventure! It should come as no surprise that I’m already daydreaming of where 2018 will take me. I took two trips in 2017 so part of me feels like I need to make up for lost time! In the downtime I’ve […]
I recently booked my next international trip! For this trip, I’ll be traveling with a friend I’ve kind of traveled with in the past. I sent him a photo of my flight research (which I do for every trip) and he said “Damn, you broke […]
How many of us actually keep our New Years Resolutions? It seems to me that many of us start with the best intentions, but by the time Presidents Day rolls around mid-February, we’ve lost some steam. What has worked for me, is setting goals. I […]
A typical week for me consists of working my Monday-Friday 9-5 (it’s actually 6:30am-3pm, but you know, whatever), Olympic lifting, and church. “Church” can mean church service, but I also include Christian fellowship, bible study and serving my youth as church as well. Well when […]
In case you’ve been living under a rock, the Five Love Languages are the five universal ways people tend to express their love to another. You can take a short quiz here to figure out how your love languages rank. Because we were all created differently, […]