The Lost Girls

Amazing Book. If you are wanting inspiration for completing changing your life and traveling, then this is the book for you. Its about three girls in NYC who left their jobs, and traveled together for the year. Ahh inspiration.

Some of my favorite quotes from this book are lovely and I want to share.

I was grateful to her for her kindness and because she was a much needed reminder that the darkness cast by some gives others the chance to let their light shine.

We'd explained that though our time together hadn't exactly been fight-free, we made it work simply because the alternative was unacceptable. No single issue was so important that the three of us would be willing to throw away a friendship- or a chance to complete this journey together- for the sake of being right.

I finally understood the meaning of "nobody's perfect." and I mean that in the best way possible: appreciating their imperfections as parts of them made me realize that I could appreciate my own as parts of me.

Shout Out

Just a little shout out to my amazing brother. Today is his birthday. And Im so glad that I live close enough that I can hang out with him, and his cute family, and celebrate his day of birth.

I might be a very bias sister, but I have one freakin amazing brother. He has been building a house [insert Mansion] while keeping a 9-5 day job, all the while being a husband, dad, son, brother, and just all around good person. I love him dearly, and grateful to be able to call him brother, and friend.



*Sadly this 2 y/o picture is the most recent picture I have of us.

Oceanside in Oct

I had the opportunity to visit with some girl friends from Boston in lovely Oceanside, CA. We got to stay on the beach in a home that one of the girls know. It was a beautiful weekend and a relaxing time spent together.

Salt Lake in Sept

This past weekend I had the chance to go to Salt Lake for a dear cousins wedding. What a fabulous weekend it was. I got to spend some time with my ever amusing Walker cousins. I definitely cement my place as the Alpha Cousin! So happy I was able to be there and be apart of things.

So good to see so many dear faces and spend sometime catching up. I just love how there are people in our life that might have been around for a short time and some longer, but when you are able to get together, its like no time has passed. It was a weekend full of these fabulous visits.

A few pictures. Definitely didnt get near enough.







Also. Mistakenly was referred to as my (other) cousins girlfriend, and then wife to same said cousin, and then a friend's sister, and surprisingly also as her husband's twin. Funny stories. Lessons to me on not making snap judgments, or at least voicing them!

Out Of Office

I just had to pass this along. I found it rather amusing. Its from a co-worker who took 3 weeks off for his wedding and honeymoon.

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening-

On the scale of lameness, this out of office email will rate rather highly. Do you ever have those periods when you’re just not feelin’ it? Call it writer’s block, temporary correspondence atrophy, or general email funk; the malaise goes by many a name. Like those medic-alert bracelet commercials of yesteryear, “I’ve fallen and can’t get up.” Sigh…this too shall pass. Until I get my groove back, you should probably contact one of the following highly communicative individuals to obtain more astute commentary on the state of affairs:

For data requests, please send an email to

For email campaigns, please send an email to

For issues regarding eFolio, please send an email to

For hosted Delphi support issues, please send an email to

For ISAC > Opera interface support, please send an email to

For questions about Hoovers, please send an email to

For concerns about the mapping tool, thank you for your feedback. I will be refreshing that data in late September upon my return. I am grateful for your continued patience.

For everything else, please send a note to:

If these guys are also experiencing a temporary communication shortfall, be not afraid. You can only keep good people down for so long before they rebound and send something really ridiculous. Until then, we can only ride out this storm comfortable in the knowledge that better times lay ahead.

Have a great start to September, and I will look forward to speaking with you on or around September 20th when I return.

Warmest Regards,

Conversationally Deficient in White Plains

Daily Amusement

Antoine Dodson warns a PERP on LIVE TV!

Religious Freedom

Warning. Politics and Religion are not usually topics that I share through this venue. But I feel the need to share. . . .

In the wake of controversy here in New York City over a Mosque near Ground Zero, I am thankful for a country that allows for religious freedom. Being that I am Mormon and our history is packed with countless stories of being treated horribly for having beliefs different to those of the communities we lived in, my heart goes out to those Muslims that are looking for more space so that they may practice their religion.

Yes, yes. The events of 9/11 are pinned back to members of the Islamic world. But it was a small portion of the Islam world that have these radical beliefs. And in comparison, there are plenty of things that the general public pins on Mormonism, that is not the whole or even a part of the Mormon faith. It is frustrating and sad that people dont find out the truth but rather just listen to (non researched and bias) voices around them. I had the chance to study the Islamic faith earlier this year, and found many commonalities with my own faith.

My heart goes out to all those that experience hatred and fear due to where they live and the faith they practice.

Im grateful for those that came before me and made it possible that I may go 60 blocks north to attend church every Sunday, that I may attend a Temple not only in Manhattan, but all around the United States and even the world, and that I may outwardly share my religion with those around me. Thank you.