As part of my “Don’t Break the Chain” initiative, I decided to pull out boxes of old papers and finally get them organized. It’s something I’ve been putting off for a very long time, and now I remember why. The early stages weren’t bad. Copies of recent utility bills, most…
A valued coworker left for a new job today. We had a nice farewell lunch at a local Italian restaurant and I had fun ribbing him for the last two weeks about deserting us for a new job. He has been a good friend and will be missed. It made…
I recently finished This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection by Carol Burnett. It’s a fabulous book, with charming and funny anecdotes about her life and career. I stayed up way too late a couple of nights in a row, wanting to read just one more story. In one chapter she…
Have you heard of this productivity technique for setting and achieving goals? You can read about it here, but it is really simple. You pick something you want to achieve and then you do a minimum amount towards that goal every day. To keep track of your efforts, you mark…
I am going to be a mom. Not right away, because you know these things take time, but hopefully in the next year I will have at least one daughter. I’m hoping for two. I don’t have the words to describe how odd this feels. It’s something I knew would…
Harley likes to bring stuff to me to get treats. It started when he was a puppy and I would give him a treat when he gave up some inappropriate item he wanted to chew on. Within a few days he started bringing anything he found on the ground and…
What’s an ice cream pillow? It’s the extra pillow I keep on my bed just for the nights when I have ice cream for a bedtime snack. You didn’t know that, but my cousin, Maria did. It’s part of our code. I love when language becomes code. Those unusual, sometimes…
Mom called and asked if I wouldn’t mind helping her sort through her canned goods. She keeps them in the basement, in a cabinet. It’s a good system, in theory. She doesn’t have much room for excess food in the kitchen and the cabinet keeps everything neat and organized. However,…
I have, through no fault of my own (wait, that’s a lie, it’s completely my own fault), fallen far behind on the word count for NaNoWriMo. I need at least 6,200 words this afternoon to catch up. I have less than 5,500 words. Yes, you read that right, I have…
Will someone please explain to my brain that it’s too early for writer’s block? I have 3,000 words done so far, which is just barely behind schedule. But I need to be ahead of schedule. Scooter goes to meet the future daddy to my grandpuppies tomorrow (Figure that out, if…
