Today I am back for a second day of training. Yesterday was all about taking information in. Today is about applying what we have learned. I understand why I needed to spend all of yesterday in a passive, receiving mode. Without it, I would not have been able to jump right in like I did …
Category Archives: About me
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday
I have never quite gotten the rhythm of Sundays. It has always been a day to play, run errands and see friends. It is also an aspirational day. One where I always have the best of intentions to get my homework/chores/work done nice and early. But it was not all good. When I was a …
That's Probably a Bad Idea
Yesterday I went blueberry picking with some friends. It was a fun morning that is resulting in a lot more work. I was relatively cautious in my picking and I only have 9 1/2 pounds to process. One of my friends picked 26 pounds and the other 20 pounds. This wouldn’t be a problem if …
Brain Candy
One of my ongoing personal goals is to spend time on a regular basis learning something that pushes me out of my comfort zone. For years that thing was marimba. I never took music lessons nor do I read musical notation, so this was a real challenge. I played primarily Zimbabwean music, which is traditionally …
If Only…
I am now in month two of trying to refinance my house. It should be a fairly simple proposition. Ok, maybe not as simple as during the bubble. Mortgages are not for everyone. I do think it is appropriate for banks to conduct fair risk assessments before they lend money. However, our bank has had …
Early Morning Fuster-Cluckage
Following yesterday’s mysterious blog post disappearance, the gremlin attacks continue on this ridiculously hot morning. This morning it was the Case of the Mysteriously Disappearing Skype Chats. After a panicked 20 minutes or so, I did find them and backed the most relevant one up for ease of future access. But, I really didn’t need …
It Will Never be the Same
I just wrote an entire blog post. It was done and I was all ready to hit publish. But then I got a 404 error message and it disappeared! It disappeared despite the fact that WordPress auto-saves post. It disappeared despite the fact that I had saved the post. It is just gone. It was …
I'm Just This Girl, You Know?
For a whole bevy of reasons, I have been filling out a lot of bios on myself lately. I’m good at the basic stuff: name, birthdate, address, phone number, etc. What I struggle with are the “fun” questions. I mean, do people really care what my favorite food is? Do I even have a favorite …
Anything But Static
Yesterday was the last day if NPR’s Talk of the Nation. I only found that out indirectly. Which is shocking given how much I used to listen to public radio. Once upon I time, I had radios set in strategic areas of the house, set up so I could move around and do things and …
Briiiing Bling
Today I am trying to get through some of my busy work. One of the incomplete items on my to-do list is replacing my phone. You would think that as a Tech Whisperer, I would have no trouble deciding what phone to get. But knowing the pros and cons of most of the Android phones …