Odds and Ends
As you may well know, usually my posts have a theme, message, or some kind of cohesive story. Today, I am just going to post some odds and ends, since…
Category: Attitudes
Whew! Let’s Pass on the Negativity!
Wow! Do we need a dose of positivity here? Yes! From silly (read, stupid) articles making the front page of the newspaper to a poorly officiated bowl game last night,…
The Pressure to Conform or Not
This morning I asked my son what day it was for week of special dress up days at the high school. I had seen that they had a theme for…
The Sound of Silence
I am finding today to be an odd day. I feel deflated, almost. On my morning errands, which started late due to falling back to sleep after my son left…
Get Out of My Way Mentality: Sources of Frustrations in Daily Life
For the last few days, I’ve felt a rant coming on. I seem to be in one of those periods when almost everything bothers me. It happens on occasion with…
The tradition of a hand-written thank you note.
I am going out on a little limb with this post. My recently graduated son is leaving for college today. He had many thank you notes to write since his…
How does being an optimist, a pessimist or a realist effect your happiness?
What do you classify yourself as? Are you a pessimist, an optimist, or a realist? Part of my husband’s change in jobs last January was to get away from a…
First Jobs: What do you remember?
What do you remember about your first job? My first job was as a sales clerk at our local JCPenney store in the early 80’s. I remember when I interviewed and was…
