Everwild

Since Christmas ‘08, I’ve been clawing my way through our house in an attempt to rid us of unnecessary stuff. It seems it propagates as fast as dust bunnies, which propagate as fast as living bunnies. I don’t consider this to be an overly large house. While it was listed as a 4-bedroom, [...]

Happy New Year, everybody, and I hope Santa was good to you! We’ve been goofing off since First Christmas, which landed on the weekend before Actual Christmas this year. Up to that point, our schedules were a little hectic and, in typical me-fashion, my schedule has fallen behind. If I haven’t yet, [...]

Reduce. Reuse. Recycle.
Seems like a simple concept, doesn’t it? Scratch below the surface, though, and you’ll discover that it isn’t. Many of us live in households where recycling has become habit, if only to a small degree. Reducing and reusing, however, aren’t as automatic. They task us with more than just tossing [...]

Tags: change, frugal spending, greener living, personal growth, protecting the environment, reducing and recycling

After many months of floundering and not being able to recover from even the simplest tasks, I sought a new doctor. It hasn’t worked out well, but I did land in the office of one who decided perhaps an MRI might be a good idea (only took 12 years) to “rule out MS”. [...]

Tags: FMS, help, self-discovery

Jon’s brother and sister-in-law brought five of their friends down for the 2008 Marine Mud Run and spent Saturday night with us here in Blacksburg. On Saturday morning, Jon cranked up the water heater and that afternoon, one-by-one, seven people showered away mud and muck from every crevice (and then some) until they were [...]

Tags: celebrations, fun, mud