I hate conflict. I don’t like being at odds with anyone, not even other drivers in traffic. It’s not that I can’t stand up for myself, I just don’t want to have to. I expect people to be civilized and polite and relatively friendly. It always throws me when someone…
Yesterday I gave you a list of five things you might not know about me and I promised you the rest of the list today. If you’ve been holding your breath in anticipation, now is the time to breathe as we explore the boring trivia exciting details of my life….
Things are relatively quiet in Beckyland, so I thought I’d try something different. Here are some things you might not know about me. Try to contain your excitement. 1) I went to high school in two countries. I started junior high in Colorado, moved to Germany where I attended Munich…
Today marks the two week mark in my chain of productivity and goal-setting. For the past fourteen days I have spent at least fifteen minutes each day cleaning, another fifteen or more exercising, and definitely more than fifteen minutes writing. I wish I could say that my house is spotless,…
I’ve always said that Viktor is a Halloween rat. He is brown-gray and likes to skulk around baseboards and look shifty. I even named him for Viktor Von Frankenstein. I never really wanted him, but his brother, Zyklus, needed a friend and when I went back to the store, Viktor…
I was a little over-generous with the dog’s feeding tonight and Harley and Scooter were both left with more than they wanted. For Scooter it was no problem, she went off to enjoy the rest of her evening. However, Harley, like the dog in the fable couldn’t do that. He…
I have been a little mired in the past recently, so I thought maybe I should take a few minutes to list the things I am looking forward to. 1) Becoming a mom. I know that this is not 100% assured and there are a lot of barriers still in…
All my life I’ve been known for my poor memory. I can remember the really important stuff, like dog breeds, programming code, character actors’ names. But when it comes to the trivia of life – your birthday, the vice president or the current month, I’m hopeless. My cousin and I…
After seven years of trying to like the doctors at Johns Hopkins, I gave up and went looking for one that would actually listen to me. I was spoiled in Vegas because Dr. Cruz took all the time I needed to go over my health issues. I don’t have anything…
I’ve mentioned before that Harley is a genius, haven’t I? Let me tell you three new stories to illustrate. Sunday I was sorting and filing huge piles of old papers. I sat on the couch with a folding table set up in front of me and rat terriers piled up…
