On Sunday, I went to the gym to do something I haven’t done there in awhile: lift weights. A couple of years ago, I met with a personal trainer a few times, and she gave me two great workouts to do, one for home and one for the gym. Both yielded great results, but I […]
Self Improvement
The Lesson of the Boggart
This morning I was listening to Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and I had one of those (all too frequent) moments when I thought, “J.K. Rowling is a genius.” The scene I was listening to was the first Defense Against the Dark Arts lesson taught by Professor Lupin, where he introduces Harry and […]
List Lover
Hello, my name is Leanne, and I am a List Lover. A list-oholic. I am addicted to list making. I make to-do lists every day, and edit them several times over the course of the day. I could not live without my digital appointment and list-keeper, iCal. It’s the one window that is always open […]
Marriage Review System
My husband’s and my wedding anniversary is tomorrow. We’ve been married for four years, though we’ve been a couple for more than eleven, so the four years doesn’t feel very long in that context. In those eleven years, we’ve been tested by difficult situations, and found we were stronger together than we were separately. We’ve […]
Thank You, Television
My husband and I finished the last episode of The Office yesterday. Though I wasn’t impressed with the episode itself (it was a little sappy for my taste; the Michael surprise was nice, but it didn’t feel like Steve Carell was in character) it did make me nostalgic. The wonderful thing about TV shows is […]
Why Little Decisions Matter
I’m the kind of person who needs to know what I want out of life. I need goals, dreams, a direction. I need to know what I want my big picture to be. For a few years in my twenties, I didn’t have that. I knew I wanted to be married to my husband and […]