Keeping Up With the Kar…err, the News + Yahoo News Digest & The Skimm

I really like experimenting with my morning routine. I’m always tweaking it but that’s part of the fun. I love hearing or reading about other people’s routines for ideas. My morning routine varies. Sometimes I’m on a journaling and meditation kick. Or I’m running in the morning and making my green smoothies. My latest thing has … Continue reading Keeping Up With the Kar…err, the News + Yahoo News Digest & The Skimm

“What the Tweet?!” + Twitter (Part III)

Using Twitter in Real Life Something happened to me this past weekend that hasn’t happened in a long time. I was without an Internet connection (gasp!). Family-vacationing in the North Woods of Wisconsin (best place on Earth btw), it was just me, a beautiful lake and a pile of bratwursts and cheese curds. Frankly, the … Continue reading “What the Tweet?!” + Twitter (Part III)

“What the Tweet?!” + Twitter (Part II)

Twitter 101 In Part II of our three-part Twitter extravaganza, I am going to dive deeper into Twitter terminology, and offer a few basic tips that will allow you to get the MOST out of Twitter as soon as you create an account. There is a lot of information in here. It's a dense topic … Continue reading “What the Tweet?!” + Twitter (Part II)

“What the Tweet?!” + Twitter (Part I)

If you have visited our blog prior to this post, you may notice some changes! Rebecca and I were fed up with Blogger's unpredictable formatting and lagging RSS feed updates, so we made the not-so-difficult decision to graduate to WordPress. So, apologies for the short pause in posting, but we didn’t want to publish any … Continue reading “What the Tweet?!” + Twitter (Part I)

Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs + R.I.P. Google Reader

      Have you ever had one of your favorite television shows cruelly ripped out from under you? You invest every Tuesday or Thursday night in a gripping drama, and then right after a major plot twist, or as the show is on the verge of revealing the “killer” or the “baby’s father” it … Continue reading Blogs, Blogs, and More Blogs + R.I.P. Google Reader

#SB2K13 (spring break 2013) + Airbnb

    Aaaaaaand we’re back! Who knew that graduate school (me) and working for a start-up (Rebecca) would be so time consuming and pull us away from our beloved blog for so long. I can only speak for myself, but reentering the academic world after an 8-year hiatus threw more challenges and curveballs my way … Continue reading #SB2K13 (spring break 2013) + Airbnb