It was funny when he did it. Remember the opening to the Dick Van Dyke TV show when Dick came in and tripped over the ottoman? Classic comedy performed by one of the masters. It was hilarious! Not so funny when a fifty-one year old woman does it when she’s going downstairs for a late…
Month: March 2010
A Sweet, Sweet Sound
While I was Skyping with Laurinda and Makiya today something precious happened. Makiya said “grandma”! Then she said it again! She made my day!
The Invisible Woman
We are starting one of those teaming activities at work and we are all being represented by a bobble-headed figure. Everyone voted on the bobble-head most representative of the other team members and I ended up with a classy looking representation of The Invisible Woman. Those folks don’t know how accurate their representation of me really is; I had to smile…
What Do I Do?
I’ve sometimes wished that I was a teacher or a nurse – not because I feel especially drawn to those occupations – just because it would be easy to answer the question when someone asks what I do for a living. As it is I’ve stumbled to explain what my current job actually entails. In…
Serenity in Starbucks?
My car had to go in for some quick work today so we made arrangements that I would drop it off after work, head down to Starbucks, and Gerry would pick me up after he got out of work. It was a great plan – a Carmel Macchiato, my notebook and favorite pen, and an hour…