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Sometimes you have to take the leap and build your wings on the way down. In the new forty that is what I am doing – building my wings.

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Do you know the Joneses?

November 7, 2009 Ms. C2 Comments

I do not know the Joneses so how can I be expected to keep up with them?  I must confess I really do not want to meet them either. If they are the folks that are creating the pressure for everyone else to keep up with them then thanks very much, but no thanks…give me [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged home, house, memories, status

In this sorrow, as in so many things, we are connected.

November 6, 2009 Ms. CLeave a comment

I was going to share something humorous with you today, but given the shooting at Fort Hood I just cannot find the wherewithal to do so. I am saddened by not only the injuries and deaths that occurred at Fort Hood yesterday but also the litany of injuries and deaths we have seen across our [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged connectivity, grief, loss, military, soldiers, sorrow, tragedy

My own Magic Kingdom…

November 5, 2009 Ms. C1 Comment

Well, here I am back from five days in Florida and contrary to what I believed at the outset of my trip I am not relaxed. The good news is that very single day there was maximized and I saw many colleagues and friends that I do not get to see often enough. This trip [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Humor, magic kingdom, Orlando, tips

Ignored…seriously.

November 4, 2009 Ms. C2 Comments

Just one small observation to share at this late hour.  I learned this information today from Mary who as my roomie is now able to testify to the fact that I regularly talk to myself.  I was trying to contain my conversations with myself while Mary and I were sharing a room, but it appears [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Humor, Mary, talking to self

Trolley Toils

November 3, 2009 Ms. C2 Comments

                        Author: Mary H. Senger, Guest writer   Trolley Toils Due to Carol’s lack of patience and pure frustration with recent events involving her toils with the trolley system in Florida, she has invited me to entertain you as a guest writer. Please bear with me as I have never blogged and find it [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged florida, frustration, Humor, mary senger, trolley

The $#%^&@#! trolley

November 2, 2009 Ms. C2 Comments

I am having flashbacks. Not the kind you have from hallucinogenic drugs, but the kind you have from memories of the past that were stored in some location in your brain that you were completely unaware of. Ever since I arrived at the hotel former escapades have been coming back in pieces. My last trip [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Humor, Orlando, tam, trolley

Borrowed time…

November 1, 2009 Ms. C2 Comments

Well, here I am in Orlando on borrowed time.  That is to say that I am blogging on Mary Senger's computer which she so graciously allowed me to borrow for this purpose.  Mary and I are IAEM conference roomies for the second year running.  What we discover when we get to the IAEM conference each year is [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Catching Up, friends, memories

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