Connecting Michigan and Texas

Am I really THAT busy?

2012-01-19T09:59:00.000-08:00

I wish my secretary would post my thoughts to this every few days but, oh yeah, I don’t have a secretary! I promise to write this afternoon. When I looked for a busy image on google, these 5 were so funny I decided to post them all.julie

She had flowers in her hair

2011-08-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

The bride was beautiful with her blond hair brimming with flower petals. Her long trailing white wedding gown was accented with pale pink and lavender tie-dye, prominent in the train. The bride and groom both glowed from the prevalence of sweetness in the air. A bounty of natural foods complimented the barbecued brisket, with a variety of colorful salads brimming with the locally grown

Sweetness

2011-06-29T07:55:00.000-07:00

I didn’t leave Texas yet, I’m still here in Abilene. I think there is some kind of weird psychic energy about this place that magnetizes those that step into its bounds and holds us… not uncomfortably as much as uncommonly. Dallas held me for a long time with a great social life, although it gave me plenty of room to leave and return with much travel in between. Lake Orion in Michigan definitely

This too shall pass~

2011-05-28T13:45:00.000-07:00

I left my home in Michigan just before my 30th birthday. I had been planning the move for six months. I loaded my Ford Mustang with everything I thought I’d need to setup a home for two children and myself. I was heading to Texas for the first time in my life. I’d been reading the classifieds, print at that time, which had been sent to me by my brother who was already there – in Houston. I was

Why Vegas?

2011-05-26T13:44:00.000-07:00

Marc is already in Vegas. We’ve been planning to live in the same city at the same time for awhile. He’s a family member that I met about ten years ago for the first time. As you can guess we’re part of a large family, spread out across the US.Marc’s an Artist and he’s currently working as a Tatoo Apprentice in Vegas. He’s airbrushed t-shirts for Disney and Knotts Berry Farm, murals and

Countdown to Vegas

2011-05-26T13:43:00.001-07:00

I’m in Abilene, TX, preparing to leave in about ten days. I’ll be heading for Las Vegas for the first time. I’m not a gambler nor a drinker so we’ll see what other trouble I can get into.

I want a Google Chrome Notepad!!!

2010-12-23T07:19:00.001-08:00

Techsoup sends some great posts to me and yesterday brought a cool surprise, an opportunity to beta test Google’s new Chrome Notepad. I’ve been most happy with Chrome since installation a few months ago. I’d made the switch from IE awhile back and was trying out other browsers, but was most pleasantly surprised when I followed a friend's suggestion to try Chrome. The issues that I had were

Dallas

2010-12-17T11:31:00.000-08:00

I’m in Dallas and the weather is fine! I think I got out of Michigan just in time; the first snow of the year was beginning to fall a few weeks ago as I was leaving. Now, the worst winter snow in ten years has hit as the area I’m visiting is experiencing 50-70 degree weather.Finishing up a term paper on Second Life and how the virtual world is being used by librarians… very interesting~I’m

I care

2010-11-10T06:23:00.000-08:00

If you’ve ever been in any kind of a therapy situation, you know the value of the ‘right’ question. I was asked one of those yesterday. I heard it coming as I was talking with a new friend and was invited to ask any questions that I had. My initial response was to reply that this wasn’t a job interview and I didn’t have a prepared list of questions, although I had recently had this assignment in

First Snow

2010-11-08T02:43:00.000-08:00

Last Thursday was it. I’ve heard this is an early date for the beginning of the season but the last two winters I’ve been here I’ve had other things on my mind besides recording the date and the years I grew up here are just a distant memory. So, I’ll accept local opinion and consider it an early start. But it’s here! I actually love the first snow. Favorite memories of the first sight of those

Beautiful Fall Day

2010-10-07T11:08:00.000-07:00

Greetings and welcome to the world of change. Seems like things are evolving so fast that its hard to keep up with where I am today. Only answer that works for me is to slow down, take the loads off my back that belong to someone else and give them back, prioritize the items that are mine and breathe.That's what I'm gonna do today.

2010-09-29T06:13:00.000-07:00

Just letting you know that I’m still here. There are so many things going on right now. Saturday night, a Dallas friend is coming to visit for two weeks and help me get some projects done. I’ll be very happy to have that in process.Mike sent me a link to the Two Rivers Coalition website. I’m interested in what these people are doing. I did volunteer to help. I’ll attend the meeting on the 2nd

2010-09-05T20:37:00.000-07:00

It’s very interesting where the path can take you if you decide to just always listen, in spite of the sometime absurdity of your actions. I've followed an unbelievable path (so glad i did - I wouldn't have had it any other way) and just stand in awe of God's creations ~coincidences? I think not, synchronicity? Absolutely. God's Power when we allow it.There is absolutely no way that the events of

Fall

2010-09-04T04:41:00.000-07:00

My favorite season appears to be on its way. Cool days and cold nights bring energy and vigor to my physical body. I’m inspired by my surroundings, the river, trails in the woods, leaves that will soon be turning my favorite colors. Sometimes I just need to know I’m free to leave before I can open my eyes to see all the reasons to stay.I finally bought a motorcycle and now its for sale. I'm a

You gotta know when to hold em, and when to fold em

2010-08-21T06:53:00.000-07:00

Bow to the Inevitable, Accept the things you cannot change, change the things you can and ask God for the Wisdom to know the difference. God doesn’t delay long when he’s letting me have the Gift of Discernment. An offer from a pharmaceutical in Chicago and a global online bookseller both came in on my birthday, yesterday. The willingness to go to work for the enemy doesn’t appeal to me and I

Home Grown in SouthWest Michigan

2010-08-12T08:13:00.000-07:00

I love Blueberries. They may be Superfood and that’s great, I’m definitely into eating healthy. This weekend is the South Haven Blueberry Festival and it sounds like a fun time for all. But I don’t have to go anywhere this year – I’m surrounded by fresh blueberries! In southwest Michigan it’s easy to enjoy eating healthy with the abundance of local produce. Fresh Sliced, homegrown tomatoes are on

Primitive Sites

2010-07-31T05:12:00.000-07:00

Even though the name stirs thoughts of Lost, Amazonian Jungles and hot, steamy places, what you truly find in Michigan campgrounds is rather cool and often cold nights with warm and sunny days. Water, woods, trails, campfires and many trees abound in southwest Michigan.The primitive sites always draw campers, especially on the weekends. Plans to utilize canoes, kayaks and tubes early Saturday and

Life is Good

2010-07-17T08:37:00.001-07:00

It just keeps getting better. I love Website work, Google Analytics, Marketing… when I believe in the Business. When I work with good people, when the food is good and I’m finding it.Canoe Rental, Fried Green Tomatoes, Camping, Michigan, cool evenings, shade trees. Why did I ever leave? At least I’m back!

Michigan Blueberries

2010-07-09T06:37:00.000-07:00

Fresh Michigan Blueberries are wonderful in everything! I enjoy just eating them fresh or dumping a handful in a dish of vanilla yogurt. However, I’m in Heaven with a ~real treat~ a Hot-Buttered slice of Homemade Blueberry bread. Yummy.But I’ve got to leave room, later today, for a slice of the Homemade Blueberry Pie that I know is going to be fresh out of the oven, Two and a half miles north of

I’m on the Michigan side of the Lake

2010-06-26T08:26:00.000-07:00

This weekend I’m visiting my Sister in Ferndale and some old friends scattered around the Detroit area… I almost typed ‘Metroplex’, a holdover from my Dallas/Fort Worth days but ‘Detroit area’ will come back to me in time. My sister is holding a garage sale today for her daughter who is in the midst of moving to Philly. I was there for a long weekend a few years ago and I thoroughly enjoyed

Detroit & COBOL – NOT DEAD YET

2010-06-25T08:36:00.000-07:00

In 1985, in Dallas Texas, twelve individuals including myself began an intensive 3-month training program to learn Assembler (ALC), COBOL, JCL, TSO, ISPF and VSAM. It was a great class, modeled after EDS’s training where the principals of our company, USLIFE, had receiving their training. We were told that it would be one of the most intense programs we would ever encounter. They informed us

Goodbye Elinore

2010-06-25T07:49:00.000-07:00

Last night was my last night to visit my friend with Alzheimer’s. Yes, I was being paid for my time but she had become a friend and I will miss her. I don’t know that much about the mind, I’ve never had any training in western medicine - I'm strictly an alternative healing type of a person, but I do know that in spite of the fact that she would sometimes look at me and ask if I had ever been

Michigan Economic Growth Authority

2010-06-22T09:35:00.000-07:00

A few years ago... make that a lifetime ago, I worked downtown Detroit at Michigan Mutual Insurance Company on Grand Circus Park. I was in IT, an administrative assistant, doing balance and control. Frustrated that they would not promote me to a programmer trainee position, I went to Texas where I found that opportunity. I was happy in Dallas for a long time. Things change as they often do and

2010-06-09T10:52:00.000-07:00

I'm planning to head over to Watervliet this weekend and plan to camp at least one day at the Paw Paw River Campgrounds. The resturant serves an excellent all-you-can eat breakfast, has clean, hot showers and a very peaceful river for canoeing. You can rent the canoe from the office and they will take you upstream and drop you with the canoe for a very reasonable price.

Reiki and Alzheimer's

2010-05-25T12:53:00.000-07:00

This will be a short post but I must write something. I spent time with a most gracious, elderly lady yesterday. Intelligent, polite, friendly and losing her mind, one memory at a time. Pardon me if this description of alzheimer's is not medically accurate, but my first encounter and this is how it appears to me. I cried this morning, it just broke my heart for her to awaken and tell me that she