Category Archives: Life

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Turning purple. Some of it on purpose … Comments Off

I’ve been wanting to do this for some time and finally took the plunge. I now have purple hair! It was actually more purple a week or so ago. I’ve washed it a few times and the purple has pretty much washed out of my normal brown. But the parts we bleached first are clinging [...]

November experiment: Scheduling myself for strategic success 1

I’m relatively undisciplined. That’s not to say I don’t have a kick-butt work ethic. Just that I am by nature rather random and easily pulled off course. Not to mention extremely focused to where I lose track of time and just how could I have spent the past three hours on that? Since I’m trying [...]

Dealing with blog overload Comments Off

As I sit here, I have tabs open to edit posts for seven different blogs. Seven. Oh, and I have a few more that I’m just not trying to guilt myself into working on at the moment. At least three active, a couple dead and probably a few others I’ve forgotten about. I think I’m [...]

Wishing and hoping and thinking and … getting nowhere Comments Off

You won’t get him Thinking and a-praying, wishing and a-hoping ‘Cause wishing and hoping and thinking and praying Planning and dreaming his kisses will start That won’t get you into his heart Wise words from Dusty Springfield, folks. She understood that it takes action to get what you want. Been pondering that lately as some [...]

Ooh – shiny! Avoiding the distraction of new Comments Off

Oh, like I’m really one to talk about this subject. I have yet to actually learn how to avoid the “ooh – shiny” syndrome. New projects, topics, issues all spark that engine that runs my hamster wheel. And we’re off and running, leaving whatever I was working on behind. Now, I get things done. I [...]