As we sat around a picnic table in the candle-lit dark, I felt that familiar need to move. I felt my eyes wandering, my fingers itching to gather my purse and politely excuse myself. I wondered if I was an outsider to the conversation swirling among us, and thought that surely they wouldn’t miss meContinueContinue reading “AWBU recap: Everyone wants to “be gotten””
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Thoughts on the eve of AWBU
It’s been more than a year since I decided to go hang out with a bunch of bloggers in Mountain View, AR at the Arkansas Women Bloggers Unplugged Conference. If I’m honest, I was seduced by the free boots from Country Outfitter, but as you can read here and here, it was an interesting andContinueContinue reading “Thoughts on the eve of AWBU”
It’s all about swimming
It’s strangely comforting when life seems to find a theme. Late Summer 2013’s theme has become “Swimming, and the life lessons it teaches.” I’ve already blogged about this one (see my post titled “10 Reasons why Women Should Wear Speedos”) recently, but this theme just keeps on giving. Last Friday, for some reason, I decidedContinueContinue reading “It’s all about swimming”
Organizational Therapy
That sounds like some sort of management bullsh!# buzzword, doesn’t it? But it’s not. I didn’t job hunt today. I didn’t go seek a mobile office. I will admit that today, I holed up in my cave a bit and did the hermit thing. Well, the hermit-with-a-compulsion-to-file things…thing. I mean, what else should a girlContinueContinue reading “Organizational Therapy”
Confessions of a Shrinking Woman
So, as I’ve written about from time to time, I’m on a perpetual quest to lose weight. I’ve been doing Weight Watchers lately, which I’m finding easier to follow and stick with than previous efforts, and the online tracking component feeds my incessant need to log onto electronic devices to validate myself. I’ve been swimmingContinueContinue reading “Confessions of a Shrinking Woman”
Everything and a Racehorse 