As many employers know, it’s getting harder and harder to sift through the hundreds of applicants applying for a single job opening. Few employees stand out from the crowd, and the larger selection of sub-par leads draw many recruiters to the same conclusion: the chances of finding someone stellar for the sought position are close […]
New Jersey is being hit with a whopper of a storm today through this evening. Five inches of snow have fallen in Metuchen so far, and we’re looking at another six to 10 inches through this evening as a second storm barrels through this afternoon. Here are some pictures from our condo, where I’ll be […]
On a whim, Dave and I decided to visit Lancaster, PA this past weekend. We usually go away overnight during the first weekend of January, and we were happy to continue the tradition this year! We visited the Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre to catch an amazing production of Nunsense the first night. The experience was […]
Today, as I was driving home from my wonderful new job, I had a great idea for my last blog post of 2009. Rather than writing a long-winded trip down memory lane, I wanted to post the single most profound event in my life from each month of 2009. It was–by far–the most up and […]
Dave and I got our second live Christmas tree this year, and it is beautiful! We met up with my family at Pochuck Valley Farms in Glenwood, NJ this past weekend and chopped down two stunning trees. One is in our living room in Metuchen, and the other is in my parents’ living room in […]
(This piece is cross-posted at my Examiner.com page.) Today, David and I went to Pochuck Valley Farms in Glenwood, NJ to pick out and cut down a Christmas tree for our condo. We found a great tree–and it was a lot of fun! Picking out a Christmas tree and decorating it together is a great […]
To everyone who may be reading on this wonderful Thursday morning… I just wanted to take a moment to wish you (and your families) a very happy Thanksgiving! David and I are celebrating with his family in Massachusetts, and we’re having a great time. We drove up with his mom and sister last night–it was a great […]
On Sunday, Dave and I decided to visit the beach. It was a lovely day–just shy of 70-degrees with a smidgen of a cloud here and there–and we figured that it was late enough in the year that it’d be quiet. The beach was absolutely stunning, and it was the perfect day for a nice, […]