I’m so glad I took this week off as vacation. I think I’ve been doing nothing but running around since Saturday, and I’m loving it, if anyone was curious. It started with picking my mom up this past Saturday. My nephew (thank you Matthew) brought her to my sister’s new house. Meeting there was nice… Continue reading Planning Aplenty

I finally have the menu ready for Thanksgiving. It will be: TurkeyMashed PotatoesGravyGreen BeansSweet PotatoesCranberriesStuffingPumpkin PieSaladRed Chili with pork We decided to keep the gathering a little smaller again this year. There will be my husband and I, our youngest, the Papas, my mom, and hopefully my good friend Brooke. It will be our first… Continue reading It’s Thanksgiving Planning Time

A couple of years ago, two of my coworkers and I were talking books while waiting at the airport after a conference we had attended. They asked if I was on Goodreads. I let them know I had been at one point in time, but hadn’t kept up on it. After chatting, they convinced me… Continue reading Just One More

10 years goes by ever so much faster than one can ever imagine. Our oldest started playing an instrument in fourth grade. Then the next, and the next, and finally our youngest then began. We’ve listened to the worst playing one can barely handle. A trumpet, a saxophone, a clarinet, a french horn, a keyboard,… Continue reading Sunset on a Long Band Run

I’m about to share a character trait, perhaps a flaw, that I only came to see this afternoon. It happened while walking to my car after work. I passed a couple of people chatting. As I walked by, the piece of conversation I overheard was, “Yous and her time.” Without pause, my brain started analyzing… Continue reading Yous and Her

A couple of months ago as I was listening to the radio, an author, Tyson Yunkaporta, was being interviewed about his book, Sand Talk: How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. The interview intrigued me enough to explore his book. I purchased it as an Audible book. As I’ve listened to it, I have found… Continue reading Sand Talk and The Walking Dead

Today was the first day of my new position. Learning all the things I didn’t know I didn’t know, and what I needed to know that I don’t. All par for the course in any new position. It will all calm down soon. I’ll feel a little more knowledgeable soon. Longer post another day. For… Continue reading Life is Busy

In exactly one week, another door in my educational career will open. I will be the new director of our division. It is a great opportunity, and a challenge I am looking forward to meeting. Many have congratulated me and asked how I’m feeling. Really, I’m very excited. And. Really, I’m a bit anxious. Excited… Continue reading Another Door Opens

If you have ever built a house in modern times, you know they don’t build it board-by-board. The parts of the house arrives in pieces, essentially puzzle pieces. Sections are already put together and ready to be raised. Pieces are even numbered so the contracted construction workers take a piece, attach it to the foundation,… Continue reading Modern Construction