#CandyCrush Is Not My Life…Or Is It?

I’m just going to admit right away that I have an addictive personality.  One of those addictions is related to my competitive nature. Sports…badges…fundraising…steps…#wordswithfriends…#DisneyEmoji…you name it, if it involves others, I’m going to make a competition out of it. Lately (or maybe the last year and a half), brain sucking, mind numbing, time wasting @CandyCrushSaga and @CandyCrushSoda have…

#AuntieSara

So yesterday was a bit difficult. I had to say goodbye to my nephew who had spent the last six weeks in Vegas for summer vacation with his dad (mom lives in Southern California). Without going into the details, these past six weeks have been an emotional whirlwind…happiness, hurt, anger and just plain sad.  Having no…

Cheers

When I was growing up I spent a lot of time in the office of my dad’s auto shop garage at night. Which means I watched a lot of Pat & Vanna; Alex; and Sam, Diane, Rebecca, Carla, Norm, Cliff & Frazier. From a young age, I was in awe of the show Cheers (@cheersboston). I learned many…

Off the Grid

As I was driving to work today, I started thinking about who I am…what defines me…(because I have been trying to complete my personal value statement for a class task I was given weeks ago). The first thing that came to mind was that I am a “behind the scenes, T-shirt & jeans” kind of girl.…

Defining My Personal Value

My name is Sara Velasquez (and that is me pictured above). Until today, I was completely anti blogs…didn’t (and not totally sure to this point) quite understand why people needed to share their innermost thoughts or write messages about random topics to be viewed by anyone on this wonderful platform we call the Internet. Blogging…