Searching for Direction & Purpose in Life's Sea of Opportunities
This time of year has my women's magazines' pages filled with decorating tips for the holidays. In the latest issue, there was a four-page spread about setting the holiday table. It included different types of place card holders and centerpieces. Really? Do people actually do this? Admittedly we always decorated for Christmas as I was… Continue reading Table Settings
Tomorrow's Super Tuesday election got me thinking about how I sometimes take politician’s failings personally. In the fall of 1987, I had an awesome, trophy-winning speech about politics and deception of the American public. This speech was centered around the hubris of Gary Hart, daring the press to follow him because he wasn’t a womanizer.… Continue reading Political Forgiveness
Saturday morning I left my place at 6:30, all excited about race walking on a new-to-me five-mile course. I found Lake Miramar on the first try, quite an accomplishment for my navigation-challenged self. When I pulled in, the first lot I tried was full. No biggie. I drove on. All the lots were full, and I… Continue reading Comedy of Errors
I had another horrible bout of insomnia. I was in a horrible fog of semi-consciousness for close to a week. Unlike my past cases of sleeplessness, I've been diligently taking my sleep supplements for more than a month beforehand, and it still happened. I was unamused. This episode of insomnia was different for another reason as well:… Continue reading Zombie Tammy
As I've alluded to on a few occasions, my previous job was a lot of work with virtually no down time. This has made me quite aware of the hours being worked by those around me, particularly in a service capacity. It all started with a McDonald's ad (Aren't you amazed I remembered who the… Continue reading Day of Rest
If you see me walking around my neighborhood, you'll find my with my headset in. I'm either talking on the phone or grooving to 1980s cardio music on Pandora. When I hike, however, I am out to be with nature (and avoid the gym!) so I leave the headset at home. When I first started… Continue reading Nature Isn’t Quiet
Previously I've talked about the evils of the time change (Ma definitely agrees with me on this point!). Even though we got our hour back that was stolen from us in April and I should feel rested like I have in previous years, my internal time clock is all messed up and I'm exhausted all the… Continue reading Shorter Days
The heat wave that prompted my rant a few weeks ago produced some wonderful results in our garden. While we normally get our last tomato in October, it's not normally mid-month. This one still has a buddy on the vine, and our cherry tomato plant has tons of blossoms and tomatoes. The weather is confusing… Continue reading Winter Garden
Shortly after I wrote my post about spending a summer in Arizona, I saw a great prompt on First 50 Words: Stuffy. Once again, my brain went a whole different direction than what was intended. Most people, especially in the midst of summer cold season, probably thought of the physical symptom of a stuffed up nose.… Continue reading Stuffy
Right after I wrote the blog post about my awesome new pedometer, it quit tracking my marching-in-place steps. It started to behave again when I threatened to return it. After I wrote about having walked 500 miles (there goes the Proclaimers song in my head again) since getting my FitBit Zip, things started going wonky.… Continue reading Should Know Better
Grown Up, Now What? 