Words from the Woodstove

Hey ya'll!  It's time for another 40-before-40 list update! It was a long winter, and I didn't blog as much as I had hoped. But, that's ok. I've already blogged more since I started this year than I ever had before, so that's a win in my book :).  Forsyth Park, Savannah I realized, per my usual self, that I was working super quickly on my list and was overachieving at trying to knock out as much as I could as quickly as I could. Where's the fun in that? So, I slowed down, and checked a few more things off the list since my last update, but ever so slowly. Summer is in full swing now, both literally and professionally, so it's time to get moving again! Original stone streets on the Savannah riverfront I've now checked off 7 items completely on the list, wahoo! My best friend and I visited Savannah back in February, which was amazing! It's one of my new favorite cities, not just because of its beautiful architecture and history, but als

S o it's been a little while since I've blogged, and all I can say is, well... life. 😂 In my head I always think of January and February as the slow season and down time, since it's the time of year that is most quiet for me at work. But, then I remember it's the most quiet time of the year for me, and I should make the most of it and get busy livin'. And, since I have a list of things I want to accomplish this year, it's even more true now! I've been thinking about blog topics this week, and I decide we're going to have a little chitty-chat about history, what it means to me, and what makes my wee little heart cry. We all have the value systems we do because of what we've been taught, or something we've experienced, or a combination of the two, or simply because we read about it in some article someone shared on Facebook and now suddenly decided it's something we should believe in (aka all those millennial "influencers" I've