Yearly Archive: 2003

07
Aug
2003

COMPETITIVE SPIRIT

My sister’s sambo was quoted in an article on dailypress.com, and is being photographed and interviewed for another article next week. One thing he said struck me: “In the U.S., we just assume that everyone’s a high competitor.” Ain’t that the truth? I was lucky, when I worked at my last job in Chicago, to be in a position where I didn’t have to be competitive, despite being surrounded by a sales force of extremely competitive people. I was the one they all came to whenever they needed anything. I liked that. I should put that in my resume as...

07
Aug
2003

RISE & SHINE

Morning minus = the smell of very burnt toast waking me up Morning plus = my daughter’s big brown eyes peering brightly at me over the edge of my pillow Back in the day when I was firmly in the never-having-children camp, I had a big long list of reasons Why Not To Have Kids. And when things would come up, I would label them: seeing someone’s kid acting up in public: Reason #121 Why Not To Have Kids, crying baby: Reason #42 Why Not to Have Kids. I used to joke that until my list of reasons FOR having...

06
Aug
2003

Sigh of contentment

Just got home from an evening out with “the girls,” and had a very nice time. Good conversation, good company, and good food. Dessert was dark chocolate cups (!) filled with a goo of mixed fresh raspberries and blueberries in whipped cream and red currents. Delish! Anders was in the garage with his motorcycle in pieces, lovingly polishing and cleaning each piece as he has a track day or ride or something all day tomorrow. He explained that he had adjusted the front wheel’s angle so that it would be more fun to ride. ahem. He’s taking Friday off to...

06
Aug
2003

Dipping my toes

Okay, I’m taking the plunge. Expect the look to change wildly over the next few days as I play with the LJ settings 🙂 Thanks to Galestorm for getting me started and giving me the inspiration to try it, to begin with. Like I need anything else in my life that keeps me tied to the computer! I can see that this can be extremely addictive, and to judge from the astonishing number of blogs out there, that suspicion is a pretty safe one to bank on.