Hello everyone and good evening from the region! I've been struggling to keep up with the blog lately so I wanted to take the easy way out tonight and use one of the prompts WP gives us each day. "What are your favorite sports to watch and play?" they asked. While I have played soccer... Continue Reading →
Goodbye, my friend
Today I said goodbye to one of my oldest and best friends. He was the best man at my wedding and has been a great friend since kindergarten. He’s okay, I know how my intro made that sound. He’s alive and well. He is just moving to a new city with his new job and... Continue Reading →
Life – Work, Colds, and Anniversary
Good evening region rats! I have a little life update and, as always, I wanted to share it with you. First, I want to start by saying I finally heard back about that work from home position in my department and I got it! Starting Tuesday I will be working from my home office for... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year! 2024
Hello readers and happy new year! Welcome to my first post of 2024. Before I get to my hopes for the new year, I just wanted to share a little life update (since I’ve been away from the blog for a bit). Baby O is about to be 10 months old! He isn’t fully crawling,... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas
Good morning! Merry Christmas to all of my followers who celebrate today. I hope you all have a wonderful day filled with love and family. Today we are going to sit at home in our pajamas and watch Baby O attempt to open some of his gifts lol. Later on in the day we’re going... Continue Reading →
Thanksgiving 2023
My holiday weekend started last Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. We were lucky enough to get off work early, so my work-day ended at 3:30pm instead of 5. Our original plan was to drive down to my in-laws on Wednesday, but we decided against it because we didn’t want to drive in the dark with... Continue Reading →
Bulls rant
Hello everyone. Happy Sunday! Well, happy Sunday to all of you normal folks who aren’t obsessed with Chicago Bulls basketball. Today I just wanted to let off some steam because this organization as a whole is driving me insane. Its become clear that ownership, management, and even some players no longer care about winning. For... Continue Reading →
Is it too early for Christmas? (Hint: No)
Hello everyone and good evening! For the first time, I am writing to you from a desktop computer. Last year I bought a PC. One of my friends built it and I bought it off of him. I am finally starting to use it more. So I figured I would see what it was like... Continue Reading →
Life – Moving (back), good food, & relaxing night
Today we officially moved back in to our house. It feels nice to have our own space again, but we’re going to miss my mom’s extra hands with the baby lol. But we will figure it out just like we did last time. Last night Lea and I started packing all of our things that... Continue Reading →
Was thinking about this…
Good morning! Short post ahead… I’ve been thinking about this interview Lea and I did a few years ago. It’s titled Interview: Richard Henderson. You can find it under my interview tab, or click this link: https://theregionlife.com/2022/05/07/interview-richard-henderson/ As I read it again this morning I realized I had forgotten how much I loved writing it.... Continue Reading →