So, it’s New Year’s Eve.  I’m working, of course.  But, I’m supposed to be off at 5:30pm.  Well, let’s be honest, I’m off whenever my boss decides he wants to leave the office.  I’m hoping since it IS New Year’s Eve and he is going to a party, he’ll duck out early and I’ll be able to leave at a decent hour so that I can make the hour commute home.  Oddly, I don’t live 60 miles from work, sadly, it’s a mere 16 miles, but I live in Los Angeles, which seems to have constant traffic, but more so during the hours of 6am and 6pm.  Who am I kidding?  There is traffi ..read more

My girlfriend and I have been dying to try this new foot reflexology place for a little while.  I’ve heard great things about it and it has been so long since I had a good foot massage (sorry hubby, but it’s true).  I mean, who doesn’t want a 45 minute foot rub hitting on some cool pressure points, right?   Relaxation Station….here I come. Fast forward to our big day of pampering.  I left early from work super excited at the thought of sipping champagne, having my feet, hands and neck rubbed while catching up on some good girlie gossip.  But first, a quick oil change (I know…I know…boring), bu ..read more

12/21/17:  Update:  I went through Hurricane Irma as well and my thoughts resonate the same as this: I recently went through Hurricane Matthew.  I haven’t been in a hurricane since I was probably 11 or 12 and living in Virginia Beach and it was pretty big, but not damaging, from what I can remember. I’ve lived in Jacksonville now for over 3 years and each year during Hurricane Season, we see storms…tropical storms, etc.  But, since I’ve lived here, nothing like Hurricane Matthew.  This, the news noted, was the biggest Hurricane in over a decade and was going to slam our beautiful city.  I wasn ..read more

My hubs and I bought a townhome in Jacksonville last year.  Yay for us, right!? Well, let me back up.  We put the downpayment on our “forever home” in August of 2014.  We didn’t get the luxury of moving in until April of 2016.  Why?  As you will soon learn through numerous blogs, there is SO much more to building a house apparently, then one could ever think.  If I never hear the word PUNCHLIST again, it will be too soon for me. This is just one story of the many about our lovely, luxurious townhome. The hurricane that came through a few months back knocked down some lovely trees that used to ..read more