Blog Entries

Farm Raised vs. Wild Caught

I love fish. Actually, to say I love it, is a huge understatement. Just ask my husband. I love cradling glass jars of sardines in my hands, carefully inspecting their ingredients all the while salivating incessantly and quite shamelessly. Said glass jars and I can lock eyes for quite some time. I am drawn to the fish markets and seafood departments in grocery stores. Somehow I feel more secure knowing that there is a canned herring within reach. It makes my inner child feel safe.

16 Feb ‘07

Jack Bauer's Super Power

Very few people know this, but my special hidden talent is ripping through entire seasons of a TV series with unprecedented speed. Somebody’s gotta to do it, right? Especially if that somebody doesn’t have to go to work in the morning. Once, husband and I watched the entire first season of LOST in one weekend. Pretty sure we managed to squeeze all of the episodes into a forty-eight hour increment. Sleep, eat, watch LOST. Repeat.

14 Feb ‘07

About Diamonds

Couldn’t pick a better day to talk about diamonds than this fine holiday dedicated to the expression of love in every conceivable form and imaginable fashion. Today is the day you are supposed to express your love to that special someone like it’s going out of style. If you don’t do it today, the world is simply going to run out of roses, candy, teddy bears, and all those other chocolate covered special nothings without which you cannot possibly express your love.

Don’t get me wrong. I am not a hater of all things St.

14 Feb ‘07

NCE

Now that NCE is behind me, I am ready to share my experience and even give some pointers to those who have yet to take it. One of the things that made prepping for and taking this examination so nerve racking is the fact that my graduate school counseling program did not adequately prepare me for this.

13 Feb ‘07

She is Back

As many of you know today was the day. The day that officially ended my academic career and opened up new doors for professional advancement (and for that I still need to acquire a little thing called “a job”). Thanks for bearing with me through the process, for all your support, kind words, prayers, and thoughts. It meant more than you can imagine.

10 Feb ‘07