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Happy Happy Birthday to ME!
I just had the BEST BIRTHDAYI've had in years. From start to finish it was just an amazing day.1. I got the job that I had been hoping for. More money than I had expected AND the possibility of tuition...
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Stronger at the Broken Places
I originally wrote this post back in 2007 over on my other blog, Life By Design. I'm repeating it here now for the benefit of a particular friend who is going through a hard time. I once had a wise...
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SPLAT!
Oh the joy of celebrating life with pie(s) in the face. In this case, there were two: one was chocolate, the other banana cream.These were home-made, and from what little actually made it into my...
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Learning Curve
No, I did not fall of the face of the earth. I've been completely immersed in getting acquainted with my new job.I started a new position on Oct 24. It's in a completely different field than I have...
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Fringe Benefits
My beloved and I have been looking at various options for purchasing private health insurance. As it turns out, the group policy available to ME at my new job is ok (not great by any means) and offered...
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Scanning Madness
About a month ago or there abouts I received eight boxes that were delivered to my doorstep by fed ex. Every one of the boxes pictured here were crammed full with photographs, documents, letters and...
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Book Review - Assassination of Governor Boggs
I just finished reading "The Assassination of Governor Boggs" by Rod Miller. I was asked to review this by my publicist friend, Tristi Pinkston who will link to this post over on her virtual book tour...
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30 Years
Thirty years ago today I married my best friend. I am stunned at how blessed we have been in this relationship. I feel so honored to have had the opportunity to share these three decades with this man....
View ArticleMy best December EVER
I have not posted over the past month because I have been so busy LIVING my life rather than writing about it. I had a phenomenal Christmas season, and have savored this December through and through....
View ArticleHappy 2012
I've been reflecting a lot on what it means to me to be starting a brand new year.In some ways I think of it as utterly arbitrary - one minute it was 2011 and then the ball drops and we call it 2012, a...
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Let's Write - Mastermind Group
Today I attended my first "Mastermind group". Mastermind Groups can bring together people with any shared interest to support / challenge / provide feedback and expertise for one another. This...
View ArticleWhat I'm reading - 2012
I've been doing some eclectic reading of late - all different genres, all different formats. Here are the books I have been perusing of late: Right now I am at different points in EACH of the...
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Choose Ye This Day....
I've been thinking a lot lately about how quickly things can change in our lives. I've been reminded about the power and importance of individual choice in what we will notice and what we will focus on...
View ArticleI love my Kindle Fire!!!!
Anyone who knows me well at all knows that I am an avid reader. I read LOTS of fiction and a fair amount of non fiction. I read for learning, for entertainment, for distraction, for comfort, for...
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Change in Directions
Over the past few years I have made 25 loans through the micro-credit program KIVA.I am a strong supporter of the concept of micro-credit and I have felt good about knowing that I could reach out to...
View Article1000 Awesome Things
I just found a new fun place on the web I really like. Shout out to Phaedra's Adventures for listing 1000 Awesome Things on her side bar. I took a quick cruise through some of the posts and found that...
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Shameless Groupie
There were many reasons we chose to move to Boise in 2010. But let's face it, there are other towns that have equally nice climates, affordable housing and access to beauty.What I would not have had if...
View ArticleSomeone with SKIN on!
At my job I do a lot of interfacing with others around the state, some who I have never actually met in the physical world. We talk on the phone, do email, and sometimes connect through...
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Franken-butt Anniversary
One year ago today my beloved went under the knife to have hip replacement surgery. The months leading up to and immediately following the operation were a struggle. My strong, capable husband endured...
View ArticleLet the Whining Begin....
We've only been back to school for TWO WEEKS and I've already received my first whiny email from a student saying my class is too hard. I am not sympathetic. I work hard to make sure my class is very...
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What a Pain in the Neck!
One of the reasons I've been writing less these days is that school has started, so much of my computer time is spent writing class lectures or grading student papers.The other issue has been some...
View ArticleSeasons...
The calendar tells me it is now Autumn. You couldn't prove it by what I've seen. Sure, the days are getting noticeably shorter. But it has still been in the 80's and 90's during the day and my cucumber...
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How Much is Enough?
Once again I am waiting on pins and needles to see if I get picked for a job I have applied for. My interview went very well and I've heard back from three of my references that they have been called,...
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October Yard Photos
One of the things I love best about my yard in the fall is the grapes that grow all over the back porch. They are very yummy and they smell absolutely divine.Although our veggie garden is still going...
View ArticleClosing Down Shop
This blog is no longer active. It is a collection of things I wrote from 2006-2011. It's just a silly little personal blog, a place where I rambled about my comings and goings throughout those years. I...
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