Author Archives: annamfarley

This weekend my best friend, JB, will celebrate her 35th birthday.  I honestly didn\’t intend to write about it or about her, but I just heard a song that made me think about her and I felt inspired. I have known her for over half of my life.  I met her about five months before IContinue reading “Happy Birthday to My Best Friend”

My mom recently shared something with me that goes a long way to restoring my faith in humanity AND in the principles of free market economics! My mom has recently moved and is a part of the private social media experience called NextDoor, which allows people to connect privately about things going on in theirContinue reading “Neighbors Coming Together”

Forrest Gump is one of my favorite movies.  I have it downloaded onto both of my Kindles, just in case I need it.  I watch it fairly regularly because no matter what my mood, it makes me happy. I recently got into a couple of conversations about the character of Forrest Gump, which is something IContinue reading “Loving People as They Are”

Later this month, my family will celebrate the 16 year anniversary since we moved to the United States.  I was almost 19 years old when we came here, and in the years since we have encountered quite a few challenges associated with immigration.  However, I wouldn\’t change a thing. Most Americans don\’t really understand theContinue reading “Immigration Milestones”

So, my husband has lately accused me of behaving like a \”crotchety old man\” and that I have become disdainful of things before I understand them.  I am going to chalk this up to my level of mental fatigue lately as I round that homeward stretch for school.  I am sick of everything and IContinue reading “Moneyball”

Today officially marks the one year anniversary since I began my Day Zero Project list entitled \”101 Things to do in 1001 Days.\”  In fact, my list has 110 items on it, as I suddenly had an epiphany as I completed it. I look back on the year and realize not only the number ofContinue reading “Day Zero Project – One Year In”

My husband loves baseball. It\’s a huge passion for him. We have a room in our house dedicated to sports and much of it is baseball related (he calls it a unisex cave because he likes me to participate!).  In the lead up to opening day, my husband binge watches baseball movies to get himselfContinue reading “Draft Day”

Over the past month, I have committed to a daily practice of studying to learn a new language.  I chose German because of my German background, including a great grandmother who spoke mostly German.  I love working on my genealogy and finding original documents and I would be thrilled if I could actually read them.Continue reading “Learning German”

Right now, I am probably amongst millions of high school seniors and fourth-year undergrads, on the home stretch toward graduation and suffering from senioritis.  I don\’t know if I technically count as a senior in my third year of grad school, but I am suffering from all of the same symptoms. I recently realized thatContinue reading “Senioritis”

I love how eclectic the people in my life are.  All of my siblings and friends are experts and aficionados of different things, and through them, I am exposed to so many new and wonderful ideas and experiences that I may never have stumbled upon on my own. One of my best friends, a friend fromContinue reading “Broadening My Horizons”