Self

this is how you hold this thing, right? Tomorrow I will take my very first guitar lesson. Well, technically I took one guitar lesson a year and a half ago for a video series my friend was shooting about trying out new skills. That pre-lesson prompted R to get me a guitar for my 30th birthday (last August) and guitar lessons for Christmas (last December).  …

Annie’s sweet little blog header! It took two months of marriage and a push from fellow blogger Annie over at the fantastic Altar-ed to make me finally get this long list of wedding planning advice down on Internet (what is paper?). To help me even more, the newly engaged Annie sent an incredibly comprehensive set of questions, and I just typed my answers into the …

I recently started working on a new freelance assignment focused on giving health, beauty, and fitness guidance to teenaged girls. It’s an adorable series of videos that feature step-by-step instruction on everything from “how to tell if you’re more than friends” to “how to make a bow tie hair clip.” (preparing the youth of America for any and all challenges they may face). One part …

I’m not changing my name…as in my last name…as in to R’s last name because we just got married. When people ask me if I’m changing my name (which usually comes after they ask me how the wedding was but before they ask me when we’re going to have kids), I say, “no,” and then, “I’m way too famous for that,” which is a not …