If you live in New England, I probably don’t need to say anymore about the weekend that’s just occurred in my house! Hubby didn’t feel well Thursday, by Friday a headache, by 5 pm on Friday a full blown flu event.  Saturday saw 103 temperature, juice, recharge liquids and soup (thank goodness for those soups […]
Entries from January 28th, 2008
Time and space for my brain
January 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I’ve been thinking a lot about this lately – well, actually, if you were to ask some friends and colleagues, they might tell you I think about it most of the time. In my workplace, perhaps in every workplace, one gets a “reputation” for certain ways of being. I’ve not asked anyone, but I think […]
Tags: mindfulness·multitasking
No vegetables please!
January 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · eating
Yesterday I went grocery shopping – no great news to anyone! But, this trip is having a very fascinating effect on our daily lives. For most of my adult life, and most importantly when raising two children, grocery shopping is usually done every two weeks. I’m systematic about it: thinking about what’s in fridge and […]
Tags: eating·grocery shopping·vegetables
Carrier pigeon with trunk?
January 19th, 2008 · No Comments · travel
It seems some days the biggest conversation is what to pack and what to pack it in! I’ve read some excellent packing suggestions, on Rick Steves’ site, and at least one other really well organized site. I’ve read several guidebook suggestions, asked other folks what they pack and made several lists. We’re not doing the […]
Tags: packing
Hippies on sabbatical
January 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Or are we? Well, we are going on sabbatical. And, in some ways and places, I suppose we’d love to still be known as hippies. You see, once upon a time, that’s what hubby and I called ourselves. I got thinking about these things this morning when we were making a spread sheet of the […]
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