Entries from January 2008

January 30, 2008

The House Hunt

Tim and I weren’t thinking about moving.  We had no plans to leave our little home.  After all, it is only .2 miles from Starbucks.  But then one day about a month ago I saw a cute house for sale up the street.  We went and looked at it.  And then we looked at it [...]

January 29, 2008

Nothing Says ‘I Love You’ Like Yogurt

In my rush to get to work a little early today I put the yogurt I planned to eat for breakfast in my husband’s lunch bag. He could have eaten it. But he didn’t. He drove out of his way to bring it to me at my office. Did he have to? No. But he [...]

January 27, 2008

The Lowry’s Have Upgraded

Let me take you back to February 2001. I had just graduated from college and had yet to find a full-time reporting gig. I figured since I was jobless I may as well do something interesting with my time. So I entered a contest to win a Pontiac Aztec. In order to come out the [...]

January 26, 2008

www.alisonstorm.com

My website has arrived!  After a few minutes on the phone with GoDaddy tech support I was finally able to link up my website to alisonstorm.com.  I’m excited because I think this will be a much easier way for me to show off my work to perspective employers.  I also plan to use the site [...]

January 22, 2008

Soap Mission

I first heard about HydroMissions last year. A Mauldin couple runs the organization out of their home. Their mission is to teach people in third world countries how to build wells, giving them access to clean water. Using a set of encyclopedias from the 1800’s, the couple draws inspiration from outdated technology to design wells [...]