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Happy 200th Mr. Lincoln
Posted on 12. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
Today is the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The 16th President of the United States, serving during a time of stress and strife for the Nation – the Civil War (or “War Between the States” or “War of Northern Aggression”). I am not eloquent enough to express the greatness of this [...]
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Customer Service and Boobs (or how I spent my afternoon)
Posted on 11. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I spent my morning on the golf course and have some thoughts about my play (as always) some thoughts on “golf etiquette” and some thoughts on being a woman playing golf when 98% of the other players are men. But that will wait til later.
Instead, I wanted to talk about Boobs. Not that I don’t [...]
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Doing Nothing is Not An Option
Posted on 09. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
Visitors here know that the discussion of politics is not a typical thing for me. I talked about it briefly on Election Night. If isn’t that I don’t have opinions. I’m very opinionated and attempt to educate myself about what is going on in the world. As I educate myself, sometimes my opinions change. [...]
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Thinking of Spring
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
It’s February. According to the calendar, Spring is still another month away…and if we listen to old Phil from Pennsylvania, we’ve got six more weeks of winter coming (well, five now, since that prediction was made a week ago). I am ever the optimist…and hope that no matter what Phil says, Spring will [...]
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Shaking My Head at The City
Posted on 08. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I enter and exit through my garage. The front door is for answering when UPS delivers and other such rarities, which means I open it maybe once a week. When I pull into the driveway and see something stuck on the door, I open it and clear it off.
This morning, after the grocery store, I [...]
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Week Five of 52 Stories: Rex
Posted on 07. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
This is for the 52 Stories group on Flickr where we take one picture a week and write a story. This is mine for Week Five.
All was quiet in the Smouse House.
I remember that it was a Sunday and the sun had barely peeked over the horizon and had not yet risen enough to [...]
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Engaging in Conversation
Posted on 06. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I’ve learned that there are less than half the number of women traveling for business as men. I see it when folks are checking in along side me, in the airport, and in the hotel restaurant….or bar. More than half of the meals I eat when I am on the road take place at the [...]
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People Watching
Posted on 04. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
I don’t know if I will ever tire of people watching. The airport is always a good place because no matter how much a person travels, they are doing something outside the every day. Well, unless you work in the travel industry, and have to work on the plane, it’s doubtful that you get on [...]
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Yeah, On That Creativity Thing
Posted on 03. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
The Ruminator posted tonight about the “blogging lite” exercise of late he has been involved in. And I full understand many of the things he talked about and it fishtails in some ways with a conversation I had with Melissa today (brainstorming during pedicures is the best). Work overtaking so much of your brain, [...]
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Bookish
Posted on 02. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
One of the losses I had in the flood incident were the bookcases in my bedroom. None of the books were damaged, but the task of putting the books in laundry baskets for storage until the room was in shape to install new bookcases reminded me that it was time to sort through again. Some [...]
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Base Camp One
Posted on 01. Feb, 2009 by Deb.
The gym used to be all about lifting weights. I did cardio, which I’m not a fan of, and rewarded myself with weights. Especially my favorite things: leg press and skull crushers. After being fussed at my a couple of massage therapists about inflexibility in my joints, and then after my “fit test” where I [...]
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Out of the Habit and Inspiration
Posted on 31. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
I almost feel like I am out of the habit of so many of my previously “regular” routine things.
Right this moment, I am mainly thinking about the whole “getting ready” thing. From April until December, I was spending 60+ hours a week with my clients, so having a down day to just bum around was [...]
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On Work and Passion
Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
Just because I bypassed the word “passion” as one of my words for 2009, doesn’t mean that I have allowed it to slip by me. In fact, the reason that I did pass it by was because I felt as if I had already embraced it well and it had become a part of my [...]
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Do These Groceries Make My Butt Look Big?
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
Outings with my youngest daughter (find her on Twitter) are always a bit of an adventure. In that, she has a sense of humor much like mine, only much sharper. And she is goofy like me, only cute when she is goofy. And she seems to have this confidence that I wonder if I ever [...]
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Foggy Morning Memories
Posted on 29. Jan, 2009 by Deb.
With the foggy conditions here this morning, I thought it wise that kid and I leave early for school. I haven’t talked about it here, but at semester change, I worked with the counselors and the principals to transfer her to a different campus. The whys and and benefits and negatives are neither here nor [...]