I often see posts where the blogger puts up a list of things their readers might not know about them. I always love those “getting to know you” posts, and yet I’ve never really done one myself, partly because I feel that I am pretty darn transparent already. Recently though, a 25 Things meme has been going around among my Facebook (ie real life) friends, and I challenged myself to write one. I would say mostread more…
I decided to mostly give myself August off. It was not planned. It just happened. But life has been crazy enough that I do not feel bad about it. Come September, SP will be back in school, and we should get back on a schedule that lets me feel like I can blog without missing out on time with her. I love blogging, and I plan on being back, maybe even better than ever. But Iread more…
I am in Washington, DC, for a conference. I got on a plane about 1am (PDT) on Saturday morning and won’t be home until about the same time Thursday morning. On a goals front, we did get all of the plumbing issues taken care of last week, for about $300 less than I was expecting. I don’t have much else to report, so here are two pictures – one of my favorite new government agency and oneread more…
Congratulations to Shelley P (@ShellChis on Twitter) for winning the Sunday Evening Post #104 giveaway! Look for an email from me, soon.
This rant was inspired by a comment left on this post over at LenPenzo.com. I even wrote a snarky reply comment, something I don’t usually do. Sorry, Len. I get the student loan crisis. I really do. I graduated with my BA in 2000, and thirteen years later, I still owe 82% of what I borrowed (though I also made some choices post-graduation that have led to this). And I only seriously borrowed for aboutread more…
The winner of the give away will be announced on Tuesday. You may have noticed that I missed a post last week. I think this may be the first time since I joined the Yakezie challenge that I completely missed a post- no filler, no posting a day later, etc. I just missed it, and I let myself miss it. And I am okay with that. As I mentioned in last week’s post, I have beenread more…
I was hired into my new position based on my administrative operations and continuous improvement background and my leadership skills, not on my familiarity with the work my team is doing. This creates a challenge because while I am trying to learn my job, I am also trying to learn my staff’s jobs- not enough to be an expert, but enough to understand. To help with this, it was decided I should attend the NCURA (Nationalread more…
Two years- two years I’ve been doing a Sunday Evening Post, though some, including this one of have come on Monday morning. It’s actually often my favorite post of the week, where I let my readers know what’s been going on in my life and hold myself accountable for my goals. (See the first Sunday Evening Post, from July 24, 2011) But two years is a long time in the blogging world, and we all needread more…
It’s time for another round of What I’m Reading, except honestly, if I was posting what I’ve been reading most of, it would be books by Steven Brust (Drageara novles) and Joe Abercrombie (First Law series), not blogs. I am adapting to my new schedule that has me out of the house 12 hours a day, and very little time during the work day to read any blogs. But I still do my best to checkread more…
Do you ever have those moments during the day when you stop and think- wow, this really is my job? I have been having those a lot lately. To say I am excited about the new job might be an understatement. A lot has to do with my recent post about being a leader. I am now in a position where I am not only expected to lead my team, I am expected to be aread more…
