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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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A standing “O” for Bob…

January 4, 2010 Ms. C4 Comments

Did you hear it this morning at 5:52 AM?   Did you hear me give Bob Boyum a very sincere and emphatic standing ovation?  No West Fargo Police Officer showed up at my door about the noise, but I am sure that I was likely pushing the limit - especially when I yelled out at the [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged animals, bob boyum, compassion, humane society, standing ovation, volunteer dog walker

A gift that has lasted a lifetime…

January 3, 2010 Ms. C6 Comments

Have you ever played the game Life? I don’t mean figuratively, I mean literally – the game with the little cars and pink and blue people. I played this game as a kid. I loved it. There is something about being able to progress through your fantasy life getting paid every few squares, going to [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged commitment, friendship, life, love, small kindnesses, steve wilson, thank you

…when hell freezes over.

January 2, 2010 Ms. C4 Comments

Do you know that saying...the one which starts with any number of things and ends with "when hell freezes over"?  I have used it a few dozen times in my lifetime (give or take another few dozen times).  This notion that hell freezing over would change the world so much that we would do something [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged 33 below, cold, hell freezes over, kohls, Shopping, winter

76, 010

January 1, 2010 Ms. C4 Comments

My first blog entry was written on day two of the new forty.  I blogged daily all the remaining days of 2009 in the new forty for a total of 178 blogs.  My blog views for that period came in at 76,010.  This blog fulfilled a promise to myself (a resolution if you will) to [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aging, Humor, new year resolutions, promises kept, resolutions, resolve

“Get busy living, or get busy dying.”

December 31, 2009 Ms. C3 Comments

The end of another year…where does the time go? I can’t quite recall how I time-warped from the eighties to now, but some days it seems like that was the last time my life was slow enough for me to recognize the passage of days as opposed to weeks and months. I wonder about the [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged 2010, Aging, new year, reflections, time flies

Igenuity minus logic equals…

December 30, 2009 Ms. C2 Comments

I appreciate igenuity.  As such, I got quite a kick out of the fellow who created the innovative beer can alarm (you can read his story at http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/264234/publisher_ID/1/). I found it to be a great re-purposing of empty beer cans and an excellent example of working with the resources you have to create a viable [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged beer can alarm, Humor, ingenuity, logic

I don’t leak, but…

December 29, 2009 Ms. C6 Comments

Today I need to buy a new water heater. My life is so sexy. It’s not that my current water heater has failed, but it is clear from the looks of it that it is on its way out. When I purchased my home in West Fargo almost four years ago the home inspector told [...]

Posted in UncategorizedTagged Aging, commitment, durability, Humor, value

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