Melissa, Oh!

  • Organizing a kitchen and finding out your friend secretly is a cat person

    Step one of the great Phoenix remodel: Organize the kitchen.   Anil loves to cook and he’s really good at it, so he deserves a kitchen that is easy to work with. And the first few days of the redecorating project were spent window shopping, trying to figure out the official plan for the condo…

  • What do you have to forgive yourself for?

    Note: I’m writing the 30 Days of Truth topics, not necessarily in the next 30 days, but in at some point, eventually, I will get all 30 days done. Write with me! On your blog if you have one, in the comments here if you don’t or if you don’t want to put it on…

  • Redecorating, reorganizing and other people’s mail

    So, I’ve been in Phoenix helping Anil to redecorate his condo. And it’s been so much fun – and so much work! For the first few days, we were still finalizing the “look” we wanted to go for. If you recall, I gave a proposal here as to what I thought we should go for. The…

  • What do you love about yourself?

    Note: I’m writing the 30 Days of Truth topics, not necessarily in the next 30 days, but in at some point, eventually, I will get all 30 days done. Write with me! On your blog if you have one, in the comments here if you don’t or if you don’t want to put it on…

  • Cyclist/runners/walkers – or drivers who like me – please help

    North Carolina residents, please help with this. I got this information from this week’s TrySports newsletter: Take the NCDOT Bike and pedestrian survey – and let your voice be heard! NCDOT is conducting a survey to collect citizen feedback on statewide bicycle and pedestrian safety issues. The survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete…

  • What do you hate about yourself?

    Note: I’m writing the 30 Days of Truth topics, not necessarily in the next 30 days, but in at some point, eventually, I will get all 30 days done. Write with me! On your blog if you have one, in the comments here if you don’t or if you don’t want to put it on…

  • 30 Days of Truth

    So, I found a “30 days of truth” blog topics that people some people are writing through Diary of a Mad Woman‘s blog. I’m not going to do it for 30 days straight, since I’d like to still be able to talk to you about “regular” things, but I will plan to do it sparsely…

  • Which one says ‘Melissa’?

    So, I was poking around on Twitter yesterday and realized that I haven’t changed my avatar in almost 3 years. This has been my face since I joined Twitter in 2008: That photo was taken on my 30th birthday in Asheville, N.C. My, how time flies. And man, I loved those earrings. Don’t have them anymore…

  • Hope is the only antidote to fear.

    The news called her “an Internet sensation” but to me, she was just my friend. — For 3 days I have wanted to write about Elizabeth, and for 3 days I have had nothing to show you but one line, written above. I keep coming back to this post and staring at it. How can…

  • Healthy eating kickstart

    So, I’m on a diet. Not a “real” diet. I say that because it only lasts 3 days. I heard about it on the Today Show and I thought it’d be a great start to this healthy eating concept I’d like to follow. So, I suckered Anil into doing it with me, and I realized…