I am not a bad cook, though I don’t think I will ever qualify as a chef. I am definitely a lazy cook, however. There are days when the idea of making a well-prepared meal is very appealing, but those days are few and far between. I like meals that are simple, healthy, and don’t …
I just received my first paycheck with my annual cost of living increase. I won’t call it a raise, and with the increase in my health insurance costs, it’s not a huge amount when it’s all said and done, but my paycheck is bigger than it was last pay period, and for that, I am …
I hear the phrase “Cost him/her two weeks pay” a lot when people are talking about someone buying something expensive. The implication is that the item bought was not only expensive in itself but also something that the person purchasing it really had to work to pay for (or perhaps the person is now in some pretty …
The other day, I heard an interview with someone who said “The other day, I woke up and the first thing I thought was ‘Oh yay, I get to go to work today!’” She absolutely loves her job that much. At first, I laughed, and then I felt jealous, and then I felt a little …
I think the editors of Lifehacker were looking directly in my direction when they referenced this WikiHow on how to stop accumulating books. I have discussed here before about how I seem to continually accumulate books and I have officially reached the point where I’m not sure where to put them anymore. Of course, if …