Author Archives: annamfarley

One of my pet peeves is when the corners of the bed sheets start sliding off the bed after a couple of nights.  You wash your bedding, it\’s all fresh and snug on the mattress and then within a few days it\’s shifting, slipping off the corners and bunching up. I always buy nice sheets. Continue reading “Review: Sheet Suspenders”

I was recently reading through a thread of comments on a post online about the option of home schooling your children. A vast majority of the comments included some variation of, \”I have never met a home schooled kid who wasn\’t odd.\” I read these comments over a week ago, and they still bother meContinue reading “The Home School Perception”

Recently, I wrote an article reviewing my experience with EverlyWell\’s food sensitivity panel.  After receiving my results, which had 15 foods flagged as reactive to different degrees, I made the decision to begin eliminating them from my diet.  So far, I am seeing some significant results. I have always had digestive issues.  One could sayContinue reading “Food Elimination”

During the years that I was in school, I hardly traveled at all.  My husband and I are not especially good travel companions, and besides that we have 3 dogs, which makes arranging travel complicated.  Over the last decade, we have gone on separate vacations a few different times.  I\’ll go with my sister andContinue reading “Solo Vacations”

I am very late to the party on this one, but I cannot resist sharing because I loved this movie.  The Imitation Game was released in 2014, and stars Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly, Matthew Goode and Allen Leech.  Based primarily on the biography Alan Turing: The Enigma, it depicts mathematician Alan Turing (Cumberbatch) and hisContinue reading “The Imitation Game: Review”

I do not claim to be any sort of professional critic, but over the years I have read a lot of praise and criticism for Downton Abbey and have formed a lot of contrary opinions to much of it.  I am not sure if it is because perhaps American viewers do not understand British television,Continue reading “Downton Abbey Reflection: Part Three”

One of my favorite aspects of Downton Abbey is that often the most climaxing parts of each episode actually occur off camera, while what viewers see is the fallout from these story lines.  For example, the weddings between Sybil and Tom, or Mary and Matthew, we see the lead up, we see some fallout, butContinue reading “Downton Abbey Reflection: Part Two”

It has recently been announced that there will finally, officially be a Downton Abbey movie.  My love for this series must be well known, because at least five people sent me news articles to let me know!  In anticipation, I have been re-watching the series from the beginning (again), and I always find when IContinue reading “Downton Abbey Reflection: Part One”

One of my newest pursuits, as I am done school and have a new and unfamiliar amount of free time, has been understanding baseball.  I am educating myself on its history, strategy, rules and analytics.  This is all in an attempt to successfully play Fantasy Baseball next year, but it also satisfies my love ofContinue reading “Review: Watching Baseball Smarter by Zack Hample”

As my life as a graduate student comes to an end, I am surprised to find myself in my current mental and emotional state.  I fully expected to be overjoyed, bouncing off the walls and brimming with excitement, but so far I just feel tired (and many of my classmates have mirrored this sentiment)!  PerhapsContinue reading “Now What?”