Melissa, Oh?

Every time I visit Florida I think about the old days. And when I say the old days, I mean a decade ago – when Jeff and I first started dating. He lived in Winter Springs and I lived in Rock Hill, so I spent Christmas break/spring break/ part of summer break in Florida. Days [...]

So, I’m a little late on the the whole “look back/look ahead” post that comes at the end of the year, but I was too busy celebrating the holidays to take the time to sit down and think about it! So, better late than never, right?
Last year I wrote about some thoughts on 2008, and [...]

Time to update my bucket list.
I wrote this a little more than a year ago. Here’s what the list was then, and how it’s going (items in green are in-progress or done!):
1. Write a novel.
How it’s going: I have written the first draft of a novel. And I am working on the first draft of [...]

Last year, I was in New York City and I heard the names being read, first on the TV in my hotel room. Later I walked across the Brooklyn Bridge into Manhattan, and they were still reading. So many names. It was so quiet in that corner of the city, that section where the towers [...]

Amy tagged me for a meme and I’ve been awful on blogging this holiday season … so here’s a start to 2009!
Four places I go over and over again:
Peak Fitness
Starbucks
Harris Teeter
Borders
Four people who mail me regularly:
Chris
Michael
Amy
Colleen
Four of my favorite places to eat, (apart from home)
The Melting Pot
Harpers
Sir Edmund Halley’s
Jade
Four places I’d rather be now:
At a [...]

My friend Beth wrote recently about creating a bucket list. She has inspired me to think about my own. What is it that I want to accomplish in my lifetime?
1. Write a novel.
2. Live in New York City.
3. Travel to all of the continents (this is Jeff’s idea actually, but I am on board!)
4. Become a [...]

After a 5-hour flight delay (not to mention the hour later spent on the Tarmac):
A husband and wife get on, and the wife is afraid of flying. The plane is tiny, and this doesn’t sit well with her. “I can’t believe you’re making me do this,” the wife says. I am feeling cranky and want [...]

It was a quiet city, at least in the area of Ground Zero.
People were silent as they walked around. I didn’t see anyone crying, but I did see T-shirts and signs … some claiming cover-ups about the attacks, others asking for remembrance, with flags and patriotism and claims to “Never Forget.”
There were pictures of victims [...]