My Christmas Highlights

My  niece, Giovanna, riding her new big girl bike from great-Grandma!So, there were a couple of others things that went on over Christmas that weren’t me getting engaged. While I’m seen my share of “Christmas recap” posts in the last few...

Engaged: A Christmas Story

Well, it was certainly a Christmas to remember! I have to post first about the most exciting part…Rick proposed! Wow, talk about surreal for me. We have been talking seriously about getting engaged for awhile so it wasn’t a big surprise but I think you are...

Christmas Eve Hello!

Christmas is here! Don’t you love this photo I took? It doesn’t even look real! I’m home in Indiana for Christmas. It’s cold, cloudy, icy and dark but…I can’t complain because of the season.We got to Indiana on Saturday night and...

How To Run a 2:31 Marathon with Chris V.

*This is the start of a new series, where I will be featuring different runners & athletes on the blog! Enjoy!Today I have a special post for you! I was very excited recently to befriend Chris Vargo via social media. Chris and I are from the same hometown and have...

Congo: The Day I Met Ben Affleck (Again)

Yeah, so that happened. Yesterday, I got the opportunity to to attend a Congressional hearing about the Democratic Republic of Congo — where my colleague was testifying on a panel with Ben Affleck. Affleck is more of a “regular face” in DC...

Easy White Hot Chocolate Cupcakes!

Can you say delicious? Start saying it! I wanted to make some kind of festive, creative cupcake this week and wasn’t sure where to go. There was eggnog or peppermint but those flavors don’t really strike my sweet tooth fancy.White hot chocolate, though,...