The Everyday Adventure

Growing up, every Thanksgiving my favorite part of the day was watching the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. When I made The List, my list of things I wanted to do in life (not calling it a bucket list), I decided that one of the items would be to participate in the Macy’s Parade. I normally…

We all have those moments, you know, you tell yourself I need to do this, or I need to do that before it becomes an issue.  On the morning of Thursday, April 29, 2021, that happened. I decided to be productive before leaving for the airport.  I went out to use the weedeater on the…

It was probably around mid-January of 2011. I was at work and my friend and co-worker, Allyson, said to me, “I’m going to run a half marathon benefitting Crohn’s” in June.  Without skipping a beat, I replied with, “I’ll do it with you!” The rest of that day I didn’t think too much about it,…

Summer of 2004, Tim McGraw’s song “Live Like You Were Dying” came out. I went to his concert with my friends, Wendy and Annette.  We all loved that song and truly made an effort to live somewhat spontaneously. I believe this is when the idea of the list began, but I didn’t start actually writing…

For several years now, I’ve had friends and family tell me that I should document some of my adventures, but I’ve always told myself that “I’m not a good writer.”  Well, I’m not going to let that stop me..