• Life Plans

    I did something scary today

    I withdrew a job application. “But Lyss,” you console. “That is normal. People withdraw job applications all the time.” Ah, but my friend, I don’t. I am that Type A person who has had her whole life planned since she was 8. And then at 21 decided that plan sucked, dropped it like a hot tamale, and floundered for a…

  • Lifestyle

    Gardening: The Beginning

    I realize that title might sound like this is going to be an exercise in creative writing. It’s not. This is me being very proud of the little garden my grandparents and I started (I am living with them for the time being). What started as two overgrown, clay-filled raised beds are now two beautiful raised beds filled with good…

  • Writing

    Monday Musings

    I’m a bit late getting this uploaded today – the day has seemed to just run away. I went down a rabbit hole on Instagram the other day and ran across a ton of people who resell clothes for a living. One of the ladies was giving her hints as to how to use time more effectively and one of…

  • Books,  Information Hotspots,  Nutrition

    Nutrition and Diet Resources

    Diet | di-et | Miriam-Webster Dictionarynoun (1): food and drink regularly provided or consumed; habitual nourishmentverb (2): to cause to take food (see feed) Dictionary.comnoun (1): food and drink consumed in terms of qualities, composition and its effect on health; a particular selection of foodverb (2): to feed; to regulate the food of especially in order to improve the physical…

  • Lifestyle

    Staying connected

    Here in Texas, today is the last day of mandatory social distancing. May 1, 2020 begins Gov. Abbot’s program to slowly start allowing businesses to reopen and people to leave their homes to go more than just places deemed ‘essential.’ But not every state is doing this and, even in the relaxed rules, I still have people I love who…