by Kelli Donley | Jun 17, 2011 | Celebrate!, Journal
I am simply the most blessed kid on earth because this man is my father: He has my complete love and admiration. To all the great fathers in the world — may you be celebrated and adored this weekend! ~K
by Kelli Donley | Apr 29, 2011 | Arizona, Journal
I spent my last day in the Valley, among other things hugging many friends and hiking Camelback Mountain. A sign I will always be Arizonan at heart? My tan officially matches the landscape. The car is packed, including my bikes. I’m off to a new home in...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 27, 2011 | Arizona, Good to Great, Journal
My current moving alert isn’t red. Or orange. It’s beige. I’m surrounded by beige. Boxes, boxes everywhere. It’s mayhem. My happy spin on the current homeland Code Beige!: packing is a lot of fun for a girl who loves to organize. I currently...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 21, 2011 | Arizona, Journal, Media
Since my first recordable cassette tape player, I’ve used music mixes to communicate what I can’t. Tomorrow night my friends are throwing me one hell of a going away party. In turn, I’m making party favors — my “Arizona –>...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 16, 2011 | Arizona, Journal
Friday, I got the sign off on a good job in Colorado. This meant happy hour at our favorite local haunt — Four Peaks. Saturday, I met the future tenants on my little home. I’m tiding up a few pieces of my life in Arizona that have remained gray far too...
by Kelli Donley | Apr 16, 2011 | Homebody, Journal, June Cleaver
I have a lot of jewelry. I’d guess the sum total value of all of it is less than $200, but the sentimental value of the beads I traded for on the streets of Bamenda, the earrings I brought back from the Philippines, my grandmother’s turquoise bracelet...