Theme Song: “You or Your Memory” The Mountain Goats Projects: Finishing up a chapter, sorting out email, the usual So, today, I was sitting there, revising a chapter and proofreading it for errors, and I started to think about a phrase my friend used to tell me whenever I’d talk about how I thought love …
Letting Go of the Reins
Handing over the reins and letting someone help out when you need it isn’t a sign of dependence – it’s a sign of trust.
So…it’s the New Year…What Are You Going to Do About It?
Theme Song: “Keep On Moving” – Bob Marley Current Projects: Looking for new clients, Making contact with all current and prospective clients So, it’s the new year. Happy New Year. I had a couple of tough years there. It’s my opinion that 2010 should never have happened and a good amount of 2011 was fallout …
Another Christmas
So it’s like my 35th Christmas here on earth (if you count when I was just a wee lass of a month and a half old), and so far it’s been a good one. It’s got me thinking about a lot of things – the end of the year stuff – things I’ve accomplished this …
The Sad State of American Birth Control Options
Theme Song: Pink Floyd “Money”…while thinking about birth control options… Projects: Writing articles, editing stuff, getting ready for Christmas You probably haven’t stopped much to think about birth control options – unless you need it. It’s really actually a sad thing that the options that we have for birth control are kind of slim and …
The Right Stuff
Theme Song: “The Right Stuff” New Kids on the Block Projects: Revising a book chapter, updating blogs, sending out newsletter, editing Right now, I’m listening to “The Right Stuff.” I know it’s totally cheesy, but would you expect anything less from a reformed Blockhead? I put on my “NKOTB Playlist” on iTunes, because for some …
Run For Food!
So, on Thanksgiving, I participated in the Run For Food fundraiser to help the local shelter – The Jesus Center. It was my second 5K, and overall, I’m pleased with my results. I came in under 40 minutes at 39.11.3. Not bad for someone who was coughing up a lung last week. Here are the …
Things to be Thankful For
Theme Song: “The Middle” Jimmy Eat World Projects of the Day: Articles, articles, and more articles followed by a fundraiser I originally was going to do this post as something around Thanksgiving, but you know how things go…you get busy and those plans go by the wayside. It’s kind of funny, because the way things …
On Learning to Scale Back
Historically, I’ve been a busy woman. As an undergraduate, I would work 40 hours a week at one job, 20 at a second job, and take 20 units each semester. That’s 80 hours right there. Couple that with the fact that I’m a single mom, was very active in my honors society, and still managed …
Jumping In
Sometimes you’ve got to go with your heart – no matter what it is your head is telling you. This can be really difficult, especially if you’re anything like me. I’m a planner by nature. I like to know where I’m going and how I’m getting there. The concept of jumping into something is quite …