Melissa, Oh?

Birthday spoiler alert warning for Elwood, Heather and Michael.
I pride myself in being able to pick out gifts for people. I call it a, uhm, gift, if you will.
Which is why it was so sucky for me in December when I could not, for the life of me, think of what to get Michael [...]

Three reasons:
1. Amy:
2. Whitney:
 
 
3. Heather:

I have gotten some criticism about writing too much about exercising, and I was told one of my posts even resembled an REI catalog (which it so did.) So I have been curbing the workout talk, but when I read the above posts, I am so full of pride for my friends, such [...]

These are good times, my friends. Good times.
As I prepare to run the longest run of my entire life in 3 days, my job this week has been to relax and be stress-free. And you know what I’ve realized? It’s really not that difficult.
There is a lot to be happy about. Whether I’m  going to [...]

It all started with a Twitter conversation:
Heather: U-Haul is officially the devil. They’re not getting my money.
Me: @baronessheather I have rarely had good experiences with u-haul. Good call.
Heather: @melissaoyler They just more than doubled the quoted price I got yesterday by inventing all kinds of extra charges and fees. Hell with them.
UHaul: @melissaoyler Whatever the [...]

I mean, I like shoes, don’t get me wrong. But love them?
When Jeff first organized our closet he gave me an entire cubby for my shoes. I was in heaven! Organized all my shoes and gave them their own little spot. Then I showed Colleen the closet and she said, “Is that all your shoes? [...]

Heather chopped off several inches of her hair recently and it looks phenomenal. Of course, a new haircut is always strangest for the person who owns the hair – I know, as I’ve had many different hairstyles over the years …
Which makes me think about my haircut theory. A decision so major as to whether to [...]

So I was trying to decide whether to post what I was getting Heather for her birthday since it was going to arrive late. But it arrived this morning at her house so I will wait for her to find it and unwrap it!
Meantime, I wanted to say happy belated birthday (for the record, I [...]

So today is the big day: Today is the day I bundle up in the warmest, lightest-weight clothes I have and go sleep in the woods. In the winter. Like a crazy person or a hobo although I am neither (the crazy person part is arguable.)
My fellow crazy persons in crime turned out to be [...]

I am riding in the car on the way home from Greensboro, N.C., where I have been tagging along with Jeff for two days while he went on a work trip and I went with him to relax and play in the hotel.
Instead of relaxing and playing, I was hit hard with some news that [...]

 
Amy tagged me for this …
Here are the RULES: Link to the person who tagged you and post the rules in your post.
Share 7 random/weird facts about yourself. 
1. I’ve never been tagged before, until now. Not on MySpace or anything. I’ve always been kinda sad to see others tagged. So thanks, Amy!
2. I love to write [...]