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When was the last time you received a surprise in the mail, and what was it?
We received a lovely Christmas gift from friends. Totally unexpected, but delightful and appreciated.
Soup
If you could have a summer and/or winter home, where would you want it to be?
I’m actually shopping for a rental property in Pismo Beach. I will enlist a rental agent to manage the property for me, reserving a few weeks for our family in the summer and over the holidays.
Appetizer Name 2 things you would like to accomplish in 2008. I plan to reach my ideal weight before December 31, 2008, and intensify and maximize my flute rehearsal and…
Christmas 1991: #1Son was 4 years old and Mattie-Boo just a few weeks. These two are the lights of my life!
My question for this edition: How are you going to be spending this holiday season? At home? Having friends and/or family over to your house? Or are you going away…
Christmas 1987: My first as a mother!
Thirteen Memorable (for the Parents) Visits with Santa Claus I received these in an e-mail and laughed so hard, I just had to share them. For parents of older children,…
Yes, that’s me with long hair in 2001. It grew even longer before I cut it. Gradually, I ended up with this:
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What was the last game you purchased?
An online game subscription for my kids. They have to maintain good grades or I will discontinue it.
Soup
Name something in which you don’t believe.
Reincarnation. I just can’t buy into it, particularly since I find no support for the theory anywhere in the Bible.
I took a walk this past week: Out of the office I have occupied for the past two-and-a-half years, out of the position I have held for the past three years, and out of the organization where I have worked for the past seven years. On Monday morning, I will walk into a new workplace, be assigned to a new office and areas of responsibility, and begin getting acquainted with new colleagues.
On Monday, I will begin to walk along a different professional path.
I make it my practice not to write here about my professional pursuits and coworkers, other than to reveal that I am an attorney. That will not change, but I do feel it is appropriate to note this milestone and the new direction my life path is taking.
I was blessed to have spent the past seven year performing work that was meaningful and, I believe, important. But for many reasons, it was time to move on. Fortunately, once I made up my mind, a completely unexpected new opportunity presented itself and I jumped at the chance to make this change.
My sister and I still laugh about our family’s artificial white Christmas tree, decorated every year with red ornaments. Here I am with my parents in 1969:
Here’s my question for this edition: We’ve all had friends over the years with whom we somehow lost touch . . . perhaps there was a disagreement or misunderstanding, perhaps…
Appetizer What is your favorite carnival/amusement park ride? Anything at Disneyland, especially Space Mountain, Big Thunder, the Matterhorn Bobsleds, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Haunted Mansion, Splash Mountain, and Indiana…
Here’s my question for this edition: When we walked out of my sister’s house last evening to head home, we noticed that a couple of her neighbors’ homes were brightly…
Here’s my question for this edition: Do you shop on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving)? If not, why not? If so, what is your usual shopping pattern? Are you…
. . . Matthew!
Q1 – Request If you opened your email program and found two messages from a friend or co-worker, one with the subject line “Something You Should Know!!!” and the other with the subject line “DO NOT OPEN PREVIOUS MESSAGE, EVER,” would you open the first message?
A1 – No. I would delete them both.
Appetizer What was your first “real” job? The first job for which I earned money was working in the music department at my high school. I organized and filed music…
A Thirteen Question History Quiz for People Over the Age of 40
This is a history exam for people who want to see how much they remember about what has gone on during their lifetime. Everyone over the age of 40 should find it pretty easy.
1. When you were growing up, where were automobile headlight dimmer switches located?
a. On the floor shift knob
b. On the floor board, to the left of the clutch
c. Next to the horn