Summer or winter, Rod and I are an animated pair at concerts. We go to dance and applaud and fully immerse ourselves in a world we don’t have the opportunity to experience every day. Unfortunately, fellow concertgoers at a recent John Mellencamp concert didn’t feel the same way. Winter fans, I’ve come to realize, are the real problem with seeing indoor shows.
Read MoreOur journey of pet parenthood started about 15 years ago with a commitment to never owning a dog. What we’ve realized over time, however, is that nearly everything we have said we would never do in terms of owning animals has happened and that making plans when it comes to pets is both futile and silly.
Read MoreJust as Hoosiers have become accustomed to being the butt of every other state’s jokes, we’re also quite used to the drastic change in weather. Unfortunately, what we’ve never gotten totally comfortable with is the flurry of emotions we feel before and during the time we’re completely snowed in.
Read MoreAll my life I’ve always wanted to make the music I love, but the only instrument I ever really learned to play was the oboe. If played correctly, the oboe can be the highlight of any orchestral movement. If played incorrectly, you’d swear a duck just died a tragic death. Despite not playing for roughly 15 years, there’s always been one piece of music I’ve wanted to learn that I’ve left dusty and unattended to on my bucket list, and that song is Terrapin Station by the Grateful Dead.
Read MoreThis week, instead of a blog listing all of my resolutions and bucket list goals for 2019, I’m going to tell the story about how yesterday I became everything I thought I wouldn’t. Yesterday, I became “a towel washin’, goggle findin’, snack packin’, Facebook postin’, always cheerin’, picture takin’, Swim Mom.”
Read MoreYears ago, I thought it would be pretty rad to give birth, so I added it to my bucket list. At the time, I imagined creating a human would be something exceptional I could one day cross off. Now, seven years in, while I still see the act as extraordinary, I’ve realized bringing a child into this world is something to neither add nor cross off any list.
Read MoreIn the Morgan household, we celebrate Christmas. We also celebrate Festivus, a secular, alternative holiday made famous by Seinfeld and the genius of Frank Costanza. Our annual celebration does not include an aluminum pole or feats of strength, but it does very much include the airing of grievances. Here, you will find my top five grievances of 2018.
Read MoreCrossing off Red Rocks from my bucket list was life giving not because of the venue or what I thought would be majestic. It was magical because I got to do it with two people I love with all my heart, and who understand the importance of never again booking an overnight stay at a place that doesn’t include AC.
Read MoreAlthough committing to keeping good, solid friendships intact while cutting the cord with others may not be a very exciting bucket list item, it’s probably one of the most important. “Keep what’s important and know who’s your friend.”
Read MoreMy entire adult life I vowed never to cook a turkey on Thanksgiving. Not only do I not enjoy eating roast turkey, I’m also not a spectacular hostess, which is why adding it to my bucket list as something I would never do made perfect sense.
Read MoreOne of the loftier items on my bucket list was to quit smoking cigarettes. After 20 years, I finally crossed it off in April of this year.
Read MoreI have no problems spending money on going to concerts or visiting faraway places. It’s the hard stuff on the bucket list, the stuff that means I have to get off my couch and use my hands for something other than eating that are always the most difficult.
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