I am now a citizen of the great state of South Carolina and live in a small eclectic town called Florence, about an hour from the beach (yep, I KNOW awesome). I found my new Buck-land and it’s a cool little coffee shop called Lula’s. The majority of the proceeds from this place go to pulling women out of the…
My Life as a Red Herring (Day 16) “Reclamation-An addiction to Garage Sales”
I love garage sales, yard sales, flea markets, the-sidewalk-in-front-of-your-house sales. I have really great memories of my Mom and I walking through various people’s yards for that one thing that you didn’t even know you wanted, but somehow absolutely needed. I gladly inherited the passion for spending more in gas on my pursuit of grass laden sales from my Mom. Probably my…
My Life as a Red Herring (Day 15) “Sun Rise, Sun Set”
I’m not really sure where to start. I haven’t written anything in a while because all I could think about was what I announced on social media yesterday. It was important to me that team members that I have done life with for a very long time knew first before I announced it publicly so I anxiously waited for the…
Dreams about Driving: 2013 Camaro ZL1 “Working a different Muscle”
Recently I had the opportunity to test drive a few cars. One of them being a car that I wanted to test drive the first time I saw a Motor Trend feature a story on it…the Camaro ZL1. I’ve never had the desire to own a Camaro but have had the chance to drive a number of them over the years…however…
My Life as a Red Herring (Day 14) “Survival of the Fittest”
I love new things. I like new in general, which probably fits with my personality fairly well as I love spontaneity. I love the idea of just leaving the house and finding something to do last minute. I love driving down a road I’ve never been before, as there is a clear sense of adventure and mystery involved so often…
My Life as a Red Herring (Day 13) “Stuck at Camp”
I LOVE the outdoors, pretty sure I’ve mentioned that once or thrice. I love backpacking. I also love the idea that backpacking is transient. You aren’t ever in the same camp for long. It ceases to be much of an adventure, and can easily get stale if you’ve stayed in one place for too long. However sometimes weather, wildlife or injury can…
Dreams about Driving: 2008 Mustang GT500 Super Snake
I remember sitting in my backyard with a bunch of friends, waiting for another friend to join us and hearing a deep hum coming from front yard. My first thought was my neighbor must be moving because it sounded like a moving truck idling in front of my house. At that point my phone chirps and it’s the friend I was waiting…
Dreams about Driving: 1983 Honda Civic
One of my first cars was a 1983 Honda Civic. The odometer had stopped working around 183,000 so I’m sure it had somewhere close to 1,000,000 miles…or at least it looked like it did. First off let me say this was not a performance machine or family truckster, and it barely passed as a vehicle, but, it was probably the…
Dreams about Driving (And other Vehicular Adventures)
Recently my counselor encouraged me to dream. I’m not entirely sure I even know the parameters for dreaming is…I know that sounds silly but that’s the season I’m coming out of. So after praying/thinking about it this is the first thing that came to mind: One of my first thoughts was of getting to do a blog that lets…
My Life as a Red Herring (Day 12) “Rain”
It’s raining. It’s the dead of winter and it’s raining. It’s not supposed to be raining, it’s supposed to be snowing. Cold rain has a way of seeping into your bones almost instantly. You walk from the car to wherever it is you’re going and BAM you’re freezing. It takes your breath away and yet at the same time it’s…