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February 2024 Reads
Five Stars The Women (Hannah) Absolutely loved Kristen Hannah's latest. Wow. Just wow. I was enthralled from word one. Frankie McGrath, a...
iamfunchris
Mar 2, 20243 min read
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January 2024 Reads
Five Stars Go As A River (Read) This is a phenomenal book. I have a habit of reading books where there is a strong female lead who...
iamfunchris
Feb 25, 20243 min read
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August through December Reads 2023
So, I've been a bit busy. I started consulting work in March, and let me tell you I've never had less time for myself than any other time...
iamfunchris
Jan 15, 20245 min read
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May, June, & July Reads
It's been a while! Funemployment ended in March and so did my ability to blog apparently. I went back to work at the end of March and...
iamfunchris
Aug 13, 20233 min read
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Why I decided to un-adopt
If y'all had been noticing less pictures of Mr. Sid on my social media, there's a reason why...I decided he was the right dog for me, but...
iamfunchris
May 14, 20232 min read
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April 2023 Reads
April was full of work and not as much reading as usual, but here are a few I managed to get through! In 2017 a teenage couple (Tallulah...
iamfunchris
May 7, 20232 min read
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March 2023 Reads
I went back to the land of the employed the last week in March and have been busy ever since! I started my March reads recap back *in*...
iamfunchris
May 7, 20234 min read
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El Dorado Casitas Royale: Riviera Maya, Mexico
This past November was my third trip to the El Dorado and probably my favorite. This time around I flew solo. Well, meaning I didn't...
iamfunchris
Mar 23, 20234 min read
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Oh, Savannah!
Savannah was my third and last stop on the 10 day Southern Road Trip I took this past fall. I started out with a few days in Charleston,...
iamfunchris
Mar 14, 20234 min read
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February 2023 Reads
February was a slow reading month, but chock full of good ones -- I'd really recommend all of these books. I'll blame the two week head...
iamfunchris
Mar 5, 20233 min read
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January 2023 Reads
OK, this was a huge month of reading. It probably 'helped' that I was in Covid jail for the first week+ of the month, well and then using...
iamfunchris
Feb 4, 20236 min read
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Charming Charleston in 3 Days
456 miles, 3 days I headed out on another road trip this past October - this one isn't nearly as long as my summer drive-about, just 10...
iamfunchris
Jan 16, 20234 min read
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December 2022 Reads
Closing out the year with 70 books read. My goal was 80, but I came up short and tied my high score of 70 books, which is also my total...
iamfunchris
Dec 30, 20222 min read
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November 2022 Reads
Seven books down, sixteen to go in order to make my 2022 goal. Yikes. Things are lookin' rooough. I was a big fan of the bulk of the...
iamfunchris
Nov 30, 20222 min read
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October 2022 Reads
Seven books down this month, but with two months to go in the year, I've read 57 out of the 80 books in my 2022 goal. That leaves 23...
iamfunchris
Nov 5, 20223 min read
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Mystic and So Much Pizza
41 miles, Mystic, CT 56 miles, New Haven, CT 56 miles, Mystic, CT 220 miles, Hatboro, PA Total miles: 4830 Last official stop! Full...
iamfunchris
Oct 24, 20224 min read
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Hot Mess AirBNB Express
What a mess. OK, here's the shit-show story. This is what I booked: Nice, huh? So the annoyance began with a list of questions sent to me...
iamfunchris
Oct 20, 20225 min read
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Newsflash - Quiet Quitting Is Not New.
There is constant talk of the 'Quiet Quitting' revolution, but is it really new? I keep seeing articles on the topic and TikTok videos....
iamfunchris
Oct 11, 20223 min read
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Friendships on the Road
Days 21 - 22 : 203 miles, destination Goshen, CT 48 miles, Bolton, CT 61 miles, Providence, RI Total miles: 4343 Heading out of...
iamfunchris
Oct 11, 20224 min read
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Burlington or Bust!
Days 19 - 20 : 386 miles, destination Burlington, VT Total miles: 4031 Before I got to Burlington I had to cross the border. I was taken...
iamfunchris
Oct 3, 20223 min read
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