I was skimming my email before beginning in earnest on the task of cleaning out the 500+ backlog I still have from the time I was in Florida and I ran across this email subject line from the State of ND: Vacancy Announcement - Realty Officer IV (Bismarck). I was not paying full attention I [...]
Author: Ms. C
Friday the 13th…Tuscany style
Well, it appears I made it through another Friday the 13th without incident. There was a time when I viewed Friday the 13ths as bad luck and I had a series of mishaps that had occurred over the years that I would point to as evidence of said bad 13th luck. That was before I [...]
Wafting aromas…
As I was waking up this morning I realized that my house smelled like bacon. Mr. Carol told me I should turn the range fan on yesterday when I was cooking the bacon for the BLT sandwiches we had for dinner, but I was having no part of it. I like the smell of bacon [...]
Today, we honor…
Noah in Kandahar Fort Drum, 10th Mountain Division Today, we honor those who put our collective way of life before their own lives. Today, we honor those who have had to do, see and try to move forward from the unimaginable horrors of conflict and war. Today, we honor those who have carried the disproportionate [...]
My bumper cannot commit, but my blog delivers…
I was working my way through an old stack of miscellaneous papers and articles that I have kept for years thinking I needed them (I blame this sudden burst of organizational focus on Prairie Woman who recently laid out an entire organizational strategy that seemed quite logical). At any rate, I ran across a series [...]
“Has this ever happened to you?”
I think today is a good day to share the question, “Has this ever happened to you?” This question is important because I am looking for someone out there to tell me that I am not the only sorry soul who manages to find themselves in these predicaments. Predicament one: Have you ever purchased a [...]
Two emails…
I received two emails the other day that took me in two different directions. The first email was a forward from my father. It was from an old family friend that I had lost touch with, but who was able to locate my father on Facebook (yes, my dad is on Facebook and you thought [...]
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