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You All ROCK!
Hi Readers! So I just want to take this moment to thank all of the people who read my blog and who have subscribed as a Follower in the past few months! I have reached the 25 followers mark! You guys...
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My “Skinny-Fat” Days
Before I get into posts on this “I’m doing INSANITY, Yay!” topic, I think it might help for readers to understand my fitness journey. Whenever I tell people that I’ve got to get to the gym, or I...
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Moving On
I moved! I finally got out of the dreary dungeon basement that I had been sleeping on an air mattress in for the past four months. The basement room was originally found on Craigslist and it also...
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Love Letters
LOVE LETTERS TO THE PLACES WE USED TO LIVE 115 Westover Avenue Williamsburg, VA I previously wrote about how our lives are affected by our living situations. And I really got to thinking about it...
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Dumpster Diving and Parents Visit!
The parents came to visit for the day about two Saturdays ago (sorry for the late post!). We had planned to go to Dim Sum, then Eden Center and a little shopping in the Seven Corners area near my new...
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Run, run to the treadmill, as fast as you can!
I’ve been trying to get my workouts done in the AM so I can go home in the evenings and relax/get things done/cook, etc. This morning, I woke up at 4:45 am (I was already weirdly awake and couldn’t...
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Keep Calm and Bake On
My parents always tell me they have no idea where my “creative” gene came from. They are very sure, however, that I did not get it from them. I probably didn’t get my baking gene from my parents...
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The Family that Eats Together
“I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.” - written by J.R.R. Tolkien, said by Bilbo Baggins, The Fellowship of the Ring...
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Inspired Documents
“howdoyoudocument” has existed in cyberspace as my blog’s namesake for a few years, even though I haven’t been diligently blogging for more than 5 months. For me, blogging has been one of those things...
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Traffic Makes Me Panicky
Coming home from a meeting and Trader Joe’s last night, I found this beauty down by the garbage bins. Anybody need a bathtub? On an unrelated note, I am starting to go crazy with my daily commute....
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The Liebster Award
This is really, really belated, I know. However, I recently got into to maintaining my blog on a regular basis and I wanted to save this fun post for a time when I am nurturing my blog like a good...
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We run to overcome.
My heart absolutely breaks for the runners, volunteers and spectators in Boston yesterday. As a runner myself, and having just finished the Monument Avenue 10k in Richmond that over 32,000 people...
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58:10 (x 2)
I’m not very fast. In fact, my running pace is just enough to be considered “running”. But running isn’t about beating the person next to you; it’s about accomplishing something for yourself. It’s...
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Twenty-Five Dollars
I’ve (only) got twenty dollars in my pocket. No, really, I do. That’s it. It’s been a while since I’ve been thrifting, and just as long since I’ve done a related post. So, first off, I want to thank...
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Free Bread
Free bread is a true indicator of a restaurant’s greatness. I mean, like, let’s be real here, who really finds a hardened loaf of pre-sliced white “Italian” bread appealing? Why even bring it out to...
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Hindsight is Always 20/20
Blog fail. I have to apologize for my two weeks of absence. Lots of changes have happened in my life, and it’s been difficult to put fingers to keyboard and write with one clear frame of mind when my...
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Thrifty Fashionista
Being a conservative thrifter is one of my goals right now. That’s basically my pretty sounding language for trying to not be a hoarder. Thrifting = good! Hoarding = not good. I watch those hoarding...
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My Idea of a Goodwill Time
A question to my fellow thrifty bloggers out there: “Do you ever go into a thrift store with the intention to spend about 20 minutes, but end up spending two hours?” Well I do. And I usually don’t...
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I gained weight.
One thing I’m struggling with right now is the fact that I am gaining weight. About 8 pounds. I know…you’re thinking 8 pounds…hmmm. That’s not a lot. But for someone who started this fitness journey...
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Thrift Like Me
This blog, with its plethora of topics, has turned into a sort of “look what I got” brag-bag. It is what it is. Granted, I feel like I have every right to brag about some of my amazing finds that have...
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