Happy 2 week anniversary to the Giroirs!
It’s been 2 weeks since my best friend got married to the love of her life. Michelle and I have been friends for a long time and I am so happy that she found someone as fantastic as Michael to spend the rest of her life with! Insert embarrassing old pictures here: I can’t say [...]
Six lessons learned from my six months in Houston
Today marks 6 months since we moved to Houston. A lot has happened thus far in 2009… Jason and I moved in together, Jason started work in the real world, I parted ways with a great company in Dallas and landed a new job at Schipul – the web marketing company in Houston doing lots [...]
Ok, maybe I look a little like Flo from Progressive Auto Insurance
I’ve been getting this for months now. The big eyes, the cheeks, the hair… I suppose I do look a little like Flo, the chipper Progressive Auto Insurance maven with her “tricked out name tag.” After seeing an old friend last weekend who told me “I think of you all the time… every time I [...]
“10 Random Facts” … or “My Life as a Sponge”
I am two weeks in to my fantastic new job, and am currently spending the bulk of my clocked-in time training. I have been filling my days with online videos, in-person training classes, and books (both in print and audio). I am currently attempting to soak up as much knowledge as possible… and retain the [...]
The long wait is over
It has been almost 4 years since I’ve had a true first day of work. I spent 4 years part and full time at my last job, and while my role and coworkers have changed, I got over that shy, scared, new feeling in my first internship in the summer of 2005. That feeling will [...]








