It’s December a.k.a. My Birthday Month

xmas tree

It’s now 13 days into December. For the rest of you, it’s another month, a countdown to Christmas, or the New Year. For me, it’s a month long celebration (almost) to December 30th – my birthday. Since birth (a very exciting time for me) until about a few years, the occasion was simply celebrated with [...]

Dear Facebook: I think you have ADD

Facebook

And you need some serious help. I watched The Social Network and I’m pretty sure Mark Zuckerberg has ADD. Another revision? So soon? Already? I could have sworn there was an update like last month (friendship pages) and I barely got used to that. People say change is good. Change should be embraced however I’m [...]

Time to Hit the Gym. Yes, Really

Running

It’s almost the start of a new year and you know what that means. Everyone commits to being a better version of themselves from the previous year. It’s always a strong start and full of promise but somehow after a few weeks or even a mere matter of days, the excitement starts to fizzle out [...]

Can I Pick Your Brain?

Brain

Ouch! No! What are you thinking? That would hurt. Oh, that’s not what you meant. So what did you mean? Ah, I see. You meant it figuratively. You want to pick my brain for FREE advice. Like I said earlier: No! Picking my brain does hurt. Not physically unless you bore me with your ideas [...]

Has Lying Become a Part of Our Culture?

Just Kidding

While getting coffee at It’s a Grind this morning in an attempt to maintain my Foursquare mayorship and Yelp Duchess title I had an interesting encounter. “Interesting” can be seen in a few ways. It’s either genuinely of interest or something that caught you off guard so all you can say is “interesting.” The “interesting” [...]

Lost in Navigation

Garmin GPS

Recently my good friends (who I’ve known for 6 years) moved to Yorba Linda and I was excited to visit and check out their new home. Imagine my frustration when I went to go punch in their address on my Garmin GPS and it wouldn’t come up. I was already running late on account of [...]

Unboxing: Twitgift From #RisingUp Crew

Gifts from the Rising Up Crew

For the past few months, I have vicariously followed the Rising Up crew on their quest to travel to 45 cities in 65 days to capture 55 stories about entrepreneurs who saw it in themselves to seek a life outside of the confines of a cubicle. The project is called Rise of the Cubicle Farmer. [...]

Thankful

Thankful

Last Thanksgiving,  the family decided it would be a great idea to hold an intervention and discuss the taboo topic of marriage with me. If you know me, it’s a touchy subject.  There’s just no way I’m going to marry some random dude they pick for me.  It’s a little more complicated than that and [...]

Reclaiming the “Queen of Happiness” Title

Dr Seuss book

Earlier this year (late April to be exact), I took a life changing course because my SoCal Mom Sandy told me too and she was hell bent on me being there. I saw the impact it could have on my life and dragged my BFF (Best Friend Forever) Trina in there with me. If I [...]

Sometimes we just need to stop and listen

Sunset in Foothill Ranch

Lately I’ve realized I’ve been so caught up in my online world that I’ve ignored a few warning signs in my life. It’s nothing serious or life threatening but just some things that I’ve neglected or ignored. What brought me out of my tech coma was a simple malfunction and a lost signal. It caused [...]