It occurred to me last night that modern American life isn’t all that it’s cracked up to be. Growing up, my parents stressed that I could be anyone I wanted to be – do anything I wanted to do. My limitations were based on my dreams and determination. Fantastic, eh? Definitely! But on my career […]
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Review: Cowtown Diner
While our men were off running a marathon, BFJ’s wife, Stacie, and I checked out a local Fort Worth diner for breakfast. That’s the way to live, eh? Y’all go run…we’ll go eat country cooking! Anyway, we’d heard good things about a new joint, the Cowtown Diner. It was convenient to our hotel…but even if […]
In The Next Moment
One thing was evidently clear during my day at the spa yesterday: I need to relax. From comments regarding Knot Mountain in the middle of my back to multiple exclamations regarding how tense my neck is to instructions from the nail technician to relax my foot, this girl is pretty tense. Throughout, I was lying […]
Things That Make Me Happy
Technically, I’m not at work today – taking a vacation day (or in my case, days) is an easy way to get happy. And since I’m soon to head for a day at the spa (Christmas gift from The Boy!), I have more reasons to be happy than I can count. But aside from that, […]
It’s Not You, It’s Me. Wait! I Take That Back…
Color me grouchy, but I have reached the end. Listen – I’m busy – so I’m going to make this short and sweet: I don’t think your child is perfect. I’ve met the moppet – there’s still work to be done. I’m tired of reading your 20th “I hardly ever forward these things, but…” email. […]
Signs You Need Rest
5. You’re happy to sit in jammies all weekend. 4. You think about cooking dinner, but decide it’s too much effort and reheat leftovers instead. 3. You fall asleep on the couch at 8:30 pm. 2. You can be heard cheering when you manage to drag yourself upstairs to paint a second coat on the […]
Good to Keep in Mind!
My team is in the midst of serious planning and strategizing. There’s nothing quite like serious planning and strategizing to simultaneously energize you and drain your brain. Very odd. Anyway, I was catching up on my reading in the hotel last night and read a timely post by leadership coach, Jason Seiden. It was the […]
A Challenge!
I ran across the neatest idea in the January 2010 issue of Real Simple magazine. Side note: I love Real Simple. How about you? Anyway, I love this idea and I’m taking the challenge on for myself (rephrased from its original publication): I will do 101 things I have never tried before in 1,001 days. […]
Umm…Can Someone Help Me?!?!
I had a bit of a disaster the other week. Well, to be more accurate it really should be called a Giant Flaming Disaster. I was late to work, hadn’t eaten, hadn’t had coffee, was talking on my cell phone…you get the picture. I threw an unfrosted brown-sugar cinnamon pop-tart into our ancient office toaster […]
The End Result
I’ve had a lot on my mind lately – it’s overwhelming, actually. So much that last night, as we were heading home, I stopped on a quiet street in our neighborhood and asked The Boy: Where are we? His response? I don’t know what to tell you, but the woman I normally ride with would […]