Wendy on February 1st, 2012

Meet Marley, the latest addition to our family It has been over a year since we lost our thirteen year old dog, Cassie.  Yes, we missed having a dog around, but it’s been pretty nice without one, too.  No dogs to walk in bad weather.  No vet bills, arthritis meds, or visits to the kennel.  [...]

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Wendy on January 24th, 2012

the nastsy control panel that disturbs my slumber The window above our heads shook violently, startling my husband and I out of deep sleeps.  We sat up in bed and listened to the frightening wind storm blowing outside.  As our eyes adjusted to the light level in the room, we noticed that both alarm clocks [...]

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Wendy on January 16th, 2012

I kept scratching the side of my face.  I wanted to leave it alone, but I couldn’t help it. I  also knew that if could somehow stop scratching, it might scab over before my important meeting the following morning. If it did scab over, then I could put some makeup on it and cover up the redness.  That would help my face look [...]

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Wendy on January 3rd, 2012

Happy New Year, everyone. I was assigned to a project at work this past year that dramatically increased the amount of traveling I had to do.  I went from an average of two trips a year to fifteen.  While that might not be a huge number to some of you biz travelers, it sure taught [...]

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Wendy on November 29th, 2010

Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath You are at a job interview.  It’s going well- you’ve already been meeting with your potential new boss for half an hour.  Then the question comes: “What are your strengths?”  You blink once or twice, then launch into a description of strengths  that is primarily comprised of what you think the [...]

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