&eating it too

I think there are many, simple ways we can maximize the joy that we experience and the joy that we spread.  This blog will be one of the ways I attempt to do both of those.  Life is too short to treat a new day as anything but a gift, especially a rainy day.  

About me: 

• I use too many exclamation marks.  In fact it has changed how my loved ones text with me--"Yeah" means *yeah with a frown,* so "Yeah!" is the only way to show you're really on board.  (I even have a friend, who gives me an accurate ! count after every email I send him.)

• I try to be better.  Not better than someone else, just better: a kinder person, a more responsible consumer, a more attentive listener, a more loving sister, a more thoughtful member, a better being. 

• I love my family.  I even like them too. 

• When things go wrong, it becomes an adventure!  (i.e. I am generally an optimist.)

• I have been a vegetarian (and occasional pescatarian) since 2012.  I try to edge closer to being vegan each season.  

• My goal for this blog is to share the tricks, tips, thoughts, and ideas that others have shared with me.  They improved my life and my ability to be a responsible, conscientious, budgeted consumer and contributor in this world.  

• One more tidbit: I started this blog while studying for the Bar Exam, about a month after graduating from law school, moving halfway across the country, and getting married to a man who is also studying for the same exam.  And all three of those things happened in one week.  Yes, we are both nuts--in the best way. 

With love, 

R