Allie’s Reasons Why

While perusing Facebook (Isn’t that a nicer way of putting it than “Facebook stalking” or “creeping”?), I saw a friend of mine’s status questioning why everyone was so excited about 2009.  I don’t know about y’all, but I am thrilled to death about kissing au revoir to 2008.  Here’s why:
1.  2008 was not my finest [...]

Merci Bien.

My brother and sister and I just watched Paris, je t’aime and now all I want to do is go to Paris.  Thanks a lot, mon frère.
On the bright side, at least obsessing over Paris has temporarily replaced obsessing over where to find cheap furniture in Jackson.

Dress My Nest

No, seriously.  Help me out here, people.
As all two of my readers know, I just signed a lease for my first apartment.  I have no living room furniture, and I need good ideas for where to get some cheap furniture because hello, I have student loan payments and am on a budget.  I also need [...]

And I Didn’t Even Take an Ill-Timed Nap Today!

It’s 5:10 a.m. in Indianapolis right now.  I have yet to be asleep.  I don’t know how this is possible.  Being in Indiana screws up my sleeping schedule.  I either sleep all the time or not at all.  This morning is clearly in the category of not at all.
Anyway, it could be the lack of [...]

Good News!

Remember when I watched the fourth season of The Next Food Network Star?  And how I really wanted Kelsey to win because she and I could totally be friends?  And then Kelsey was eliminated?  And then it was down to Lisa, Adam, and Aaron?  And Lisa was great but too perfect and Adam was funny [...]

Merry Christmas!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and continues to have a wonderful holiday season!
My Christmas was good — pretty uneventful as far as Christmases go.  I may have gotten the most practical Christmas gifts in the world, but I would be lying if I said I wasn’t thrilled to death about every single one [...]

Don’t You Know That It’s Christmas Time Again?

Yes, that’s a line from Extreme’s Christmas hit, “Christmas Time Again,” which is prominently featured on A Very Special Christmas, Volume Two.  Shout out to those of you whose households also revolved around these Christmas CDs!  My earliest Christmas memories involve Extreme and Tom Petty (Go figure.) singing Christmas songs to which I KNOW ALL [...]

Coffee Break

Y’all know I like coffee a lot, right?  I would probably go so far as to say that I love it.  If you asked me to choose between going to lunch or going to get coffee, I will almost always pick coffee, especially because it’s bitterly cold outside.
But there are things I like more than [...]

Elizabeth, You’ll Appreciate This.

I just promised to make my sister a Rice Krispy cake for her birthday … in the shape of a unicorn. Its eyes will be made of M&Ms, and its saddle will be made of a Fruit Roll Up.
Her twenty-first birthday is going to be off the hook!

Slightly Better

As you can tell by the title of this post, today was, in fact, slightly better than yesterday.  It did not include scraping doughnuts off my car; instead, I woke up to the sound of two very dedicated maintenance men scraping a pile of doughnuts, paper, and dead leaves from the parking lot.  Considering the [...]