This weekend, while idly checking my email, I told The Boy about an interesting email that had just arrived in my work inbox. It was from Santa Claus. Specifically, it was from a professional Santa Claus, introducing my company to his services should we want to hire a Santa (we won’t – we have a […]
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A Day in the Life of Shannah
A photographic analysis of a typical weekday for Shannah. 4:30 am – time for a run 5:30 am – We need treats! 6:45 am – train ride to town 7:40 am – morning walk from the train to the office 8 am – breakfast meeting 9:30-11:30 am – Two in-office meetings Noon – lunch meeting 2:30 […]
A Few Photos
The professional photos from my national conference week are in and I’m really happy that 1) they turned out and 2) I look halfway decent in them. (I have a long and storied history of awkward arms, strained smiles, shiny skin and the like.) First, the 2013 new Fellows: What I didn’t mention in my post […]
Of Busyness, Running and The Need for Naps
My scraped knee and I have made it through a busy week. Even better, we made it through a 20 mile run this morning. Now I just want to take a nap. However, I feel somewhat badly about ignoring the blog this week. Last thing on my mind, actually. And then there’s this going on […]
A Memorable Week
I spent a majority of last week at the SMPS National conference. While there, I worked with our certification committee to review and approve questions for future exams. As the chair of that national committee, I had the extreme pleasure of celebrating our certified marketers (CPSM) and welcoming this year’s recent passes into the CPSM […]
Upon Reflection
It’s now been a week since I last looked at Facebook and, other than a couple of times that I felt a desire to check up on friends and family, I honestly didn’t miss it that much. What this tells me is that I rely on Facebook more as a time waster – when I’m […]
On Social Hiatus
I’ve been considering taking a break from Facebook for a while – that’s why I put it on my 101 List. It’s not that I think I’m on Facebook all the time, overposting and oversharing. I just find that I surf over to Facebook when I’m bored, whiling away time in the news feed even […]
Great Lies
Just thinking this morning about some of the lies we tell ourselves…randomness. No, I don’t want any popcorn. Just buy a small for yourself. I can do one more thing and still get out the door on time. Just one more episode of Chopped, then I’ll turn off the tv. There’s no such thing as […]
More Thinking About the Pursuit of Simplicity
Life isn’t about having it all. You take what you got, enjoy it & push to see where you can take it. – Andre Kajilich, paratriathlete I’d never heard of Andre Kajilich until reading an interview in Runner’s World, detailing his pursuit of sport after surviving a horrific train accident. You can read that interview for […]
How-To: De-Stinkify and Polish Sea Shells
While in Belize, we collected an enormous amount of shells. Well, maybe not a ton of shells, but plenty of pretty ones. They made me happy – both searching for them and bringing them back to remember our wonderful island experience. There was just one problem: Some of the shells had a musty odor and […]