About Me

I'm an engineer and like to write about all details of my life but I don't have time so I pick and choose. Sometimes (most of the time) what I post about is very boring.

Hi. I'm Colleen. I'm a 30 year old mom.  I have a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, but I don't do much engineering at work anymore.  I graduated December 2005, but graduation wasn't until May.  I started working in March so I had to take a vacation day to travel up to my graduation.

 In August 2006, I got engaged.

In August 2007, I got married. (I donated my wedding dress to goodwill so someone else could afford a wedding dress.) In August 2008, we moved into our new house.

I scrapbook and make greeting cards. I'm a Stampin' Up Demonstrator on the side. I'm bad at this because I buy so much that I never make any money. But at least I still love it. I actually probably still love it because I do it for fun and not for all the income. It does take a lot of time to prepare for all my classes though.

I workout 4-6 days a week. I aim for 6 days but it does not always happen.

I had knee surgery on Friday the 13th (February 13, 2009). In April 2009, I ran for 5 minutes.  I ran a half-marathon in May of 2010. I ran a 30k in March of 2011.  I ran a marathon in November of 2011. I ran an ultramarathon in March 2012. I have plantar fasciitis. I have extremely flat feet. I have exercise induced asthma. I don't let any of that stop me from working out and running.

I lived near Pittsburgh most of my life but now I blog from California.

I attended Dev Bootcamp in the summer of 2013 and had a baby in December. 

I started taking my daily picture in May of 2005.  I was so young back then. I only discovered fashion blogs in the summer of 2010 and ever since then I have no life and read hundreds of blogs.

email: colleen.michelle.mccloskey@gmail.com
twitter: SmilinColleen