If you read this on a regular basis or know me, you know my family history is pretty darn important to me. That, and I love spending ti...

It seems like the farther I get away from college (and the more free time I have...there's a connection), the more I get into movies....

I pack up and head west today for my holidays with family. This year, both of my step-siblings will be in town from Canada, which makes o...

My stepsister Katie visited last weekend. Well, technically she visited all last week, but she stopped in KC on Sunday. It was fun to intr...

I've been feeling very grown up lately. There's a lot of really positive things going on that have led to that, but at the same time...

Getting a new job made me feel really grown up. I bought a couch a couple weeks ago; so did that. A brand new couch! But a few things have h...

Today marks my first Monday not as a Journal-World employee. It's quite strange, particularly because I'm hanging out with family on...

I'm hoping for another 2008. How awesome would that be? Love me some Jayhawk basketball. Five stores, three bags of candy melts, eight b...

When I was in school, my friends would often poke fun at me for how often I traveled (among many other things). Fall break, winter break, sp...

Last week I wrote about the baking goals I set for myself in August . I didn't do too shabby; I completed seven of eight. Now it's ...

With the amount of sweets sitting in my grandma's fridge right now, I could feed a small Kansas town. It's a little ridiculous. So f...

I now have four distinct periods of my life: grade/middle school, high school, college/Kansan and work. I was lucky enough to see people fro...