There are 365 days in a year. (8,760 hours)

Let's make up some yearly numbers based on my own experiences and those of friends:

Imagine you work at least 50 weeks of the year, 40 hours a week. (2,000 hours)

• I choose two weeks of time off as studies indicate that the average American does not use their paid-leave in its entirety. There is an interesting article - one of many out there - on Glassdoor from last year which details this idea.

Perhaps you sleep at least 8 hours per night (counting any extra weekend hours). (2,920 hours)

• Check out the National Sleep Foundation's handy article on how much sleep we need (and rarely seem to get).

For a sunny warm weather loving soul like myself, the grayness of winter can make it difficult to keep the smiles shining forth from my face. Fortunately, my SigO had a panacea to beat away the winter blues...We took a short trip this past weekend to...

Disclaimer: Before you venture any further into this post, I freely admit to being in awe of all the talented people who put together the exhibits, displays, and gardens. The pictures are my own taken on my iPhone while hanging out at the Boston Flower Show. The credit for these images goes to those who were featured at the show, such as GregGrady.com who did the lovely sand sculptures at the show. May these pics of my day, brighten yours...

A few days ago, I made the decision to go vegetarian. (Technically I think the correct term is lacto-ovo-vegetarian since I still enjoy the occasional egg or cheese item.) I've been a happy pescetarian for about a year and a half. A pescetarian is an "almost" vegetarian who enjoys the occasional fish, but no other meat. 

So this past Friday I was happily eating my salmon sushi when the thought popped into my head "I think I would like to try to be a vegetarian..." No rhyme or reason...and yet...