Well folks…it’s here. Literally today….The big 4-0. I’m not exactly thrilled about it, but I guess being on spring break and enjoying a beautiful day (it snowed this day last year) instead of doing lunch duty with 300 teenagers and being trapped inside all day, is definitely a plus! I think back to the days of “real” spring break….uh…in 1999, when a group of my college friends went to Cancun for a week. Now THAT was spring break. My life has definitely come a loooooong way since then, but it’s fun to reminisce about how fun that was. This spring… Read More

Is it too good to be true that spring is actually here? I know it’s actually “here,” but has it every really felt like spring yet? When I left work today my car said it was 71 degrees out! I couldn’t believe it. Now, as I say that, the temperature is definitely dropping as I sit here and type. The wind is blowing, the sun is setting, and I can definitely tell that there is going to be a shift from that 71 degree weather from just a few hours ago. But I guess that’s Cincinnati, right? I know I’m… Read More

I’m not going to lie…I was a part of the manicure madness for quite some time. Before I had my first colon surgery in 2011 (that’s a whole post in and of itself!) I decided to get acrylic nails to help keep my nails looking on point while I knew I wasn’t going to have the time to go to a salon to get them done or the energy to paint them regularly like I typically did. From that point on, I was hooked! I ended up getting my nails done regularly for 7 years. I eventually went from acrylic… Read More