Micromanaging

It never ceases to amaze me how some people micromanage everything, and at work they do so to the ‘nth’ degree.  Those people who overtly micromanage wonder me even more – are they missing something in their lives that they … Continue reading →

Survivor

Week 1 is in the books for the 2009-2010 academic year, and I survived!  This year is going to be very interesting.  I am starting my 3rd semester.  I don’t have my safety net this year – who the group … Continue reading →

Adding space and letting go.

We didn’t really add space to our house, but we did reorganize an entire room – which turned the whole house into a disaster area, please explain this someone!  By reorganizing this room it feels like we’ve added space because … Continue reading →

Break Time

For the first time in many, many years I have a summer break.  This week is the official start to this break since I spent a good portion of the first 2 weeks after my last day working for a … Continue reading →

What happened to Spring?

So what happened to spring?  Usually in Virginia we get to have a few weeks of sunny days with mild temps and a breeze here and there, oh – and the occasional rain shower. Spring 2009 seems to have decided … Continue reading →

Let’s pray…

Referring to two of my previous posts:  “Never been popular, why start now” and “A – for Effort,”  I came across this C.S. Lewis quote:  “Let’s pray that the human race never escapes Earth to spread its iniquity elsewhere.” You … Continue reading →

Experience

So – it’s a month into my second semester teaching dental assisting students.  I’m amazed everyday how much I learn from this experience and hope the students are learning too.  Some days I wonder about the students…. I have probably … Continue reading →

On this momentous occasion

Seems EVERYONE in this great country in which I live is enjoying the lovefest of Inauguration Day.  Being unpatriotic, as I know some have called me today, I avoided every bit of the media coverage of Inauguration Day 2009.  Well, … Continue reading →

Rethinking the Resolution

Third in a series… In a previous post in this series, I talked about preparing for the new year and how I do not make resolutions because I eventually end up breaking them.  Instead, I focus on what went right … Continue reading →

All those diet ads…

Second in the series…. UGH!  It’s only December 29 and I am already SICK & TIRED of all the diet ads that hound us on TV the few days before New Year’s.   Slim Fast, Jenny Craig, and Nutrisystem…oh my!  I … Continue reading →