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...
View ArticleStronger 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...
View ArticleSPLAT!
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...
View ArticleLearning 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...
View ArticleFringe 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...
View ArticleScanning 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...
View ArticleBook 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...
View Article30 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...
View ArticleAll packed up
Today we took down all the Christmas lights, undecorated the tree and packed away all the STUFF. I now have a mighty mountain of brightly colored plastic tubs waiting to be carted up to the attic where...
View ArticleLet'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...
View ArticleChoose 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...
View ArticleChange 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 ArticleBook Review Coming Soon - Author Interview
I have been asked to review the book "The Night Sky: A Journey From Dachau to Denver and Back" by Maria Sutton.I'm really looking forward to reading this book!Here is the book description from...
View ArticleBook Review - Diappointment
A couple weeks ago I received a copy of "We Lived in Heaven" by Sarah Hinze to review. I worked my way through the book quite quickly as it is a very easy read. The book is a series of accounts from...
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...
View ArticleIn Like a Lion - Out Like a Lamb
Over the past few days we've had lovely weather here in Boise. It has been so nice that things are beginning to come to life in my yard. I have crocuses blooming. My pussy willow tree is covered in...
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