Ramblings of a Thirty-Something

Here we go, time for some more WISE WORDS!  Or, as I call it in my head "Vital Information for your Everyday Life!" {Anybody else remember that All That! sketch? Classic Nickelodeon, where did you go?} Anywho, my Wise Words today come from one of my all-time favorite ladies. You know her, you love her {at least I'm assuming you do}, and here she is today...Miss Jane Austen! {And the crowd goes wild...wait, that's only in my head? Moving on...}  Now Jane comes to use today through the words of one of her most famous characters, Miss Elizabeth Bennet, the heroine of Pride and Prejudice , and the Austen lady we'd all like to be best friends with. {At this point, you can just insert "I" for "we"...I just want you all to feel included}. These wise words come from near the end of Pride and Prejudice.  Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, aka Sexy McSexerton, have just professed that they now both love each other. Previously, Mr. D loved Lizzie, but L

This is not that drinking game you played in college. Just to clear up any confusion... Okay, I have a confession to make before an actual confession. I have noticed that my blog posts in which I reveal the most personal information about myself get the highest number of readers. My confession is that I can't decide if I am flattered by that or disturbed by that. Either way, that isn't going to stop me from posting about myself {all well within Victorian standards of behavior, I assure you}. I have written before about my dating life {or lack thereof}. I have written before about {well, to} my Dear Future Husband . I have written before about about my hopes and dreams for the future, and I think a few things are {or should be} clear about me. I am a straight, fairly-normalish, twenty-something person who would someday like to be someone's wife. But damn it, dating is hard! I have been told before that I am picky, and while that is probably true, it is much deeper th

I haven’t listened to the radio in months. Like literally, it’s been Christmastime at least since my car radio was tuned to a radio station and played music. I need to call Sirius and try to cancel again, just to see what kind of deal they’ll give me. But I do have a reason for not listening to the radio. I’ve been “reading” while driving. The safe way, via audio books, obviously. I only physically read when I’m the passenger, I promise. I have blogged about this before , but I just finished a book a little over a week ago that I had been listening to for a very long time. Whether you are an audiobook listener, Kindle reader, or prefer to take your literature in its purest form, I thought I would pass along a recommendation. If you like historical fiction, romance, or biographies, then I really think you might enjoy America’s First Daughter by Laura Kamoie and Stephanie Dray. image via amazon.com This novel features the main character of Martha “Patsy” Jefferson Rando