In my job, I manage meetings not only in the United States but all over the world. I’ve begun working on two new meetings with my Event Coordinator, who is from our Russian office. What you must understand is that I am a simple girl with a huge heaping of…
Month: August 2011
His Loss Is My Loss
My husband, who is in his 40s, still plays baseball. His team competed tonight in its first playoff game of the season, a one-loss elimination round. It was the first game I attended this year and I was blamed (kiddingly of course) (I think) for being a jinx by other…
Exciting News
Big news dear Readers! The name of this blog is going to be changing in the coming weeks. I’ll give you plenty of notice and I’m pretty sure the old address will work, at least for awhile. I’m not quite ready to reveal the new name but I am very…
DO Pay Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain
I attended a memorial service today for a former colleague and friend who passed away of brain cancer at the age of 67. Many of my colleagues from “back in the day” were there and although it was wonderful to see them all, the reason we were all gathered was…
What Do You Mean You Put Money In It And Make A Telephone Call? How Do You Drive Around With It?
It used to be when you came home from a vacation, you would unpack, do laundry, maybe go grocery shopping, pick up the mail you had stopped delivery on while you were not home. Nowadays, if you have the Geek Factor in your DNA, there are a host of other…
Plucking On The Beach
I am at the beach on vacation for a few days. I was sitting in my beach chair today, enjoying the cool ocean on my feet and legs and watching the little ones experience the ocean for the first time. Then I experienced something for the first time myself! A…
The Week In Review
Monday is the day of ickTuesday you are still feeling sickWednesday you pass over the humpThursday it’s back to being a grumpFriday is the finish lineSaturday, if I’m lucky, the day is all mineSunday you see Monday around the bendThen it begins all over again.
There But For The Grace Of God
I can’t stop watching it or thinking about it or tearing up when I see it. I don’t know what you believe, but this has to make you believe in something.