Reposted from here.
It never occurred to me until recently that my parents didn’t have a lot of money.
It wasn’t that we were ever poor, per se. We always had food on the table and clothes on our back. My dad always worked full-time, and my mom almost always was working most days of the week. [...]

Last week, since I had ever-so-delicately sliced my finger open with the blade of a food processer, (and because, OK, you’ve got me, I didn’t actually sit down to write a post until 7:30 AM Friday and thought, I just can’t deal with this right now) my typing was impaired and you were treated to [...]

Ever since I graduated college two and a half years ago, I’ve had a little difficulty defining the word home. I’ve always had one - actually, at times 2, or even 3, depending on your definition of home. I realize that some aren’t quite as lucky, but as someone, who, like a lot of the [...]

Happy holidays!
After a series of winter tire related mishaps and a treacherous icy night drive through the mountains, I have made it back to my small hometown. It is in the middle of a cold snap, so I’ve had no excuse not to sleep in and spend copious amounts of time baking Christmas goodies. I [...]

As the post below this one made clear, grad school isn’t always sunshine and lollipops. I’m afraid this is one of those times. As such, I’m playing cop-out blogger again, and leaving you all with another old favourite from my blog. I thought it may be something our brainy readers could sympathize with.
I’m afraid, Bloggie-Land, [...]

Hi! My name is Brandy and I write at “It’s like, I’m…mmmagic!“. I’m excited to be a member of this new site and look forward to entertaining you with my horrible dating experiences and undying love for fictional character who are no longer on television except in the glory that I call ‘re-runs’.  We decided [...]