Scrappy Travels

Here in Maryland, January has been a bit rough. With temperatures hovering around the 20s, we are so over winter. However, that hasn't stopped me from exploring some new opportunities and having a bit of fun - though, that fun has been mostly in doors as of late. January Reads 2017 was a very bad year for reading for me. I started off so well, but then I got a little bored and a little restless - having a ridiculous President and a 24 hour news-cycle will do that. But this year, I'm hoping to find my way back on track by completing a challenge I read about on Adventurous Kate's blog . She is reading one book per month around a certain theme. In her case, she's reading authors from countries she's never traveled to. In my case, I'm reading Young-Adult fiction. There's just so many good books out there that the former Elementary school teacher in me is dying to have an excuse to read. I'll be reading many more books along the way - hopefully. But a...

S o I totally failed at blogging in 2017.  I have high hopes for 2018 though.  In that vain, I have a few resolutions to make me better in the new year.  One of those is of course, to start blogging regularly again.  It's a thing I say every year.  I have high hopes...If only to outdo myself for the last few years. One can hope... ~ Yoga is next up on my resolution list.  I pretty much hate exercising, however yoga seems like a way to exercise but not kill myself as I do it.  Also, my old lady back has been having issues, and the best I can hope for is that Yoga helps it.  I'm hoping to love it.  I mean, I just hit the Old Navy yoga pant sale, so I have to like it a little to justify my purchases. ~ Then there's dating.  I hate, hate, hate the idea of using Match.com to meet a significant other.  That's not the love story I want to tell my future children.  The issue with this is, all my friends are single as well, so t...