My Christmas Shopping Adventure 2021

I took advantage of my day (or night) off to do some Christmas shopping. I could have stayed local and shopped at Westmoreland Mall but decided to head out to the other side of Pittsburgh and shop in Robinson. I braved the traffic on the Parkway (and there was a lot of itโ€ฆ Squirrel HillContinue reading “My Christmas Shopping Adventure 2021”

What I Plan to do with Gift Cards

Last week we talked about what we want for Christmas and Mom brought up the idea of what kind of gift cards I would like for Christmas. The stores that came to land were: Target, Old Navy, JCPenney, and Kohlโ€™s. The reason Iโ€™m putting this blog post together is to think of what I canContinue reading “What I Plan to do with Gift Cards”

My First Week at Giant Eagle

My first week at Giant Eagle came to a close early Sunday morning. Overall it went really smooth. Every night we have been busy putting away orders that needed stocked. It is Christmas after all. It wonโ€™t be like that come January and February but like Dad said, tough it out. Iโ€™ve had an opportunityContinue reading “My First Week at Giant Eagle”

Top Ten of 2021โ€“#7โ€“Changes

Spring continues in the #7 event of 2021 as Katie and Matt buy a house. Katie and Annabelle were living in our Grandmaโ€™s old house for the last year and a half after I moved back home in the Fall of 2019. It wasnโ€™t going to be a permanent fix and eventually they wanted toContinue reading “Top Ten of 2021โ€“#7โ€“Changes”

Top Ten of 2021โ€“#8โ€“Going to the Hospital ๐Ÿฅ

In this weekโ€™s look back at 2021, we highlight the #8 and #7 event of the year. That would be the crazy Spring I had to endure. It all began at the end of March. I finally addressed the elephant in the room after so many years and made the decision to visit a dermatologistContinue reading “Top Ten of 2021โ€“#8โ€“Going to the Hospital ๐Ÿฅ”

My Christmas Shopping Plans

I havenโ€™t started my Christmas shopping yet, since I didnโ€™t work much in November. But I recently took a job at Giant Eagle and should get my first full paycheck next week. Iโ€™ll make plans to shop later next week. Not sure where Iโ€™ll go yet. It all depends on my work schedule. Iโ€™d loveContinue reading “My Christmas Shopping Plans”

My First Night at Giant Eagle

Last night was my first night working for Giant Eagle. Nervous about how it would go, last night/early this morning felt like nothing at all. In fact I think I picked up where I left off. Before I talk about my first night on the job, let me enlighten you all with a little backstoryContinue reading “My First Night at Giant Eagle”

Top Ten of 2021โ€“# 9โ€“DTM Gala

The Top Ten of 2021 continues with #9. We move on once again in the Spirit of Toastmasters and talk about last summerโ€™s DTM gala at Westmoreland County Community College. Finally after a year has passed and our conference was cancelled due to Covid, that I was able to run the gauntlet with the otherContinue reading “Top Ten of 2021โ€“# 9โ€“DTM Gala”

Top Ten of 2021โ€”#10โ€“Dinner and Disco Dancing ๐Ÿ’ƒ ๐Ÿ•บ ๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽค ๐Ÿฅ— ๐Ÿท

Iโ€™m kicking off my top ten of 2021 this weekend as I go over some of the best (and worst) things to happen this year. Thereโ€™s more positive than negative but social media is not real life. These next five weeks I will talk about two big events that happened in 2021 and number oneContinue reading “Top Ten of 2021โ€”#10โ€“Dinner and Disco Dancing ๐Ÿ’ƒ ๐Ÿ•บ ๐ŸŽถ ๐ŸŽค ๐Ÿฅ— ๐Ÿท”

Countdown to Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ ๐ŸŽ…

Iโ€™ve been struggling to produce blog content this month and for that Iโ€™m sorry. Iโ€™ve been busy looking for a new job, which I landed last week. I was hired at the Giant Eagle four minutes from my house. Thatโ€™ll feel good when Iโ€™m not counting a Loweโ€™s two hours away from home not knowingContinue reading “Countdown to Christmas ๐ŸŽ„ ๐ŸŽ…”