Thirteen Things I’d Like to Do Before I Die Learn to swim Learn to scuba dive Take a ride in a hot air balloon See the Barenaked Ladies in concert Get a kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve Finish my degree Take up kickboxing Meet Denis Leary Meet Jack Black Start my own business [...]
1) Are you happy/satisfied with your blog’s content and look? I’m a simple person with an optimistic outlook on life. I think my blog illustrates that, so yes, I’m happy with it. 2) Does your family know about your blog? Yes. The only family members who have looked at it, however, are my brother Jake [...]
We all remember that fateful day – September 11, 2001. When I saw the footage on tv, I was overwhelmed with emotion. I broke down and cried for all the people whose lives were cut short that day – people just like Judson Cavalier. I didn’t know Judd, but I now feel as if I [...]
Since I looked like such a dork in the last self portrait, I decided to post a bonus photo. This one was taken on the same day as the other – last Friday. I’ve shown you mine. Now let’s see your self portrait!
Welcome to my first installment of Around Town. I plan to periodically post photos that I’ve taken around the Knoxville area. This photo is of the Rotary Centennial Sculpture located in Market Square in downtown Knoxville. The statue honors three outstanding Rotary Club members from Tennessee. If you have ideas for something around Knoxville you’d [...]
This has been a sad and emotionally challenging weekend for me – one of those times where you realize just how lonely you really are. Fortunately, I am a very optimistic person, and it’s not often that I go through these “funks”. I met Barry and his wife Laura for lunch on Friday. We ate [...]
It’s Self Portrait Challenge time again! The theme for September is With Someone. I thought it only fitting that I post a photo of me with my boyfriend for the first week. Meet fellow blogger Bricotrout. He left his first comment on my blog on September 1, 2005. Within a couple of months, we had [...]
I had another wonderful weekend with Brico. Saturday evening was made up of alone time, dinner, and an attempt at watching Cinderella Man. Brico fell asleep a good two minutes into the movie, so I decided that we’d watch it the next day. Since Brico is such a big fan of Russell Crowe, I didn’t [...]