Not one for extreme temperatures, I’ve always preferred the milder climes of Spring and Fall. In fact, it’s always been difficult for me to choose one over the other, they both have had their attractive qualities. After a long, gloomy winter, the flowers and foliage of Spring are a welcome sight. And, after a long, scorching Summer, the crisp air of Autumn is definitely a relief. No longer am I indecisive,… Continue Reading
DST 2012…It’s All in My Head? Yep, Apparently
My hatred of Dumb Stupid Time is rooteddeeply in my brain I’m a little slow in posting my annual I-Hate-Dumb-Stupid-Time-and-Mitch-Daniels blog post. You can thank Dumb Stupid Time for that. I could barely function yesterday since we all, like well-programmed robots, dutifully moved our clocks forward one hour in an inane effort to “save daylight.” Well, I didn’t. I haven’t changed a clock since we were forced to start doing… Continue Reading
Facing the Book
If there was a 12-Step Program for Facebook addiction, I probably might have found myself in a meeting some night. Hello, my name is Dawn. I’m a Facebookie. I’ve been on FB now for two years. At first, it was great…it was new, exciting, lots of fun…but then after a while, it started to take over my life… I would look out at the rows of cold, flesh-colored folding chairs… Continue Reading
If You Give A Cranky Neighbor a Video Camera…
Those of you who know me fairly well probably know about my frustration with our city’s Chamber of Commerce. They are playing music over a loudspeaker from 8 am to 5 pm EVERY DAY. The problem here is that I am 2 1/2 blocks from the middle of downtown. And maybe half a block away is a speaker that is pointed right at my house. I hear this music in… Continue Reading
DIY Planner: Revised and Improved for 2011-12
It’s that time of year again! Do you have your planner ready? Do you buy one already made or do you design your own? Last year, I learned that I can make my own planner very inexpensively. AND I could make it however I wanted. Determined to not end up with a bunch of pages unused because they just don’t suit my record-keeping style, I designed my own and took… Continue Reading
The Miracle Pill (Updated 8-3-11)
Have you ever wished you could just take a pill and everything would be all better? It’s hard to believe that it could be that simple, but for me…well, I think I really have found a “miracle pill.” You don’t really know how bad you feel until you suddenly feel good. I mean really, really good. And you actually feel like living, not just surviving, each day. Let me introduce… Continue Reading
