Every new year, I take my calendar (still a paper one I buy for a few dollars at the local dollar store) and carefully mark down all the important dates for the year ahead. The usual suspects—birthdays, anniversaries, visitors, trips, appointments, and all sorts of things I absolutely do not trust my memory to remember […]

This weekend, my computer screen broke. Instead of shelling out money for a new screen, it made more sense to invest in a whole new computer—my old one was, well, showing its age! Plus, with Cyber Monday around the corner, it seemed like perfect timing. But let me tell you, being computer-less was an eye-opening […]