The alarm went off at 6:45 a.m. on day two of our Florida Adventure. Somehow, this was still not the problem it is when the alarm goes off and I have to go to work. I willingly got up and jumped in the shower, ready to take on Universal Studios and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. Armed with coffee and a quick breakfast of protein bars, we headed to the front of the hotel to wait for the shuttle. […]

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Last week, I had the pleasure of heading to Orlando, Florida during my Spring Break from work. This trip was a long time in coming, planned by myself and my friend Sarah as a way to escape the frustrations of real life and work. It all started with a random idea on my part, upon reading an article about the new Diagon Alley section of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios. Many years ago, I went to […]

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If this blog was my day job, I would’ve been fired a long time ago.  I have, for the most part, completely ignored it’s existence for the last couple of months largely due to my ACTUAL day job taking up a lot of my time. But that’s it for excuses.  Time to try and make posting something that happens a little more regularly around here.  I’ve got a lot of things happening, and I really want to share more about […]

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1. All the Beautiful Brides, by Rita Herron I have no idea how I found this book, though I imagine it was likely recommended to me on Amazon or something because of all the crime thrillers I read. This one was not one of the better ones – it was like part-crime novel with a weird romance novel subplot thrown in there for good measure. It tells the story of Cal and Mona, essentially, two friends who would’ve been a […]

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This month, between work and travel and projects, I managed a whole two books! 1. The Good Neighbor, by A. J. Banner Kudos, A.J. Banner.  I had no idea what direction you were going in with this book.  I figured out a few lesser details but the main mystery remained a mystery until the very end.  It was a decent enough mystery – enough interest in the storyline to keep me reading, but I felt the ending to be a […]

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Aside from the 2015 Reading Challenge, I’m going to start combining my book posts into one large post, done at the end of the month. This will reduce the need to post all the time, and also avoid the problem of my only wanting to say a few short things about any specific book I’ve read. It also allows me to update throughout the month and post on the last day. 1. Still Waters, by Viveca Sten I love a […]

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I’m certain I’ve said it here before when I reviewed the Shakespeare in the Park version of Into the Woods, but the Sondheim musical is my all-time favorite. I love the story, but mostly I love how it works on multiple levels. When I first saw the original Broadway production, I was seven years old. It was my first trip to Broadway and I was completely in awe of the fairy tale I saw before me. Little Red Ridinghood was […]

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The Roberts Family Celebration season officially came to an end (well, for the time being anyway!) with Kara and Rich’s wedding over the recent three day weekend. Their wedding was the culmination of all the events we’ve been going to, and it’s somewhat sad to see them go as we always knew there was another function in which we would all see each other again. I guess we’ll just have to keep celebrating milestones as adults to bring us together! […]

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The Roberts Family Celebration Season continues with the first of our two family weddings. This time around, it was a celebration of my cousin Jordan and his fiance Colette. The wedding was a weekend extravaganza, held in Big Indian, New York at the Full Moon Resort. Family and friends from various corners all gathered together to celebrate. I, along with my sister, brother-in-law and niece, drove up Friday after work to begin the celebration. After a very brief settling in […]

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