Month: August 2010

First, I'd like to thank each and every one of you for participating in this wonderful event for CJ Redwine and her family. I am blown away by the outpouring of support from the writing and twitter communities. Seriously, you all give me hope.Now, on with the WINNERS ... I actually typed SINNERS first and about… Continue reading Skip A Starbucks Day WINNERS!

Good morning everyone! Today is a great day! I hope you skipped your Starbucks today because we're doing a wonderful event for the Redwines and their soon-to-be-adopted daughter to help bring her home from China.Let's bring the baby home, folks!!!First, I'll have CJ tell you her story:~~~~We had three biological boys in four years and… Continue reading Skip a Starbucks Day is Here!

By now, you've likely seen me tweet about this a few times with the hashtag #skipastarbucksday or mention it on Facebook. What is it? Well, let me tell ya...Skip A Starbucks Day is right around the corner - Monday, August 23rd. On this day, I am asking you to skip your Starbucks. I know this will… Continue reading Skip A Starbucks Day Pre-Post

RAID kills scorpions too!!!! Kitty killed one the other night, thankfully outside. This was the most common of the scorpion species here - the Arizona Bark Scorpion. This guy was less than two inches long and had a semi-translucent body. That means his poison is deadlier. In other words, for someone like me, who has a… Continue reading Creepy-Crawly Update

Yep, it's Monday. Know how I know this? No, not by looking at a calendar. Not by the date on my phone or computer. Not because I woke up early.I know it's Monday because as I left for work this morning - which only takes me 10 minutes to get to - I realized school… Continue reading It’s So Monday

Because I'm too tired to think of anything to write this week, I thought I'd show you a cool video. I think Bridgemama sent it to me. Don't be fooled by the title. It's not a stripper. lolEnjoy!http://www.youtube.com/get_player

Well, I can honestly tell you that I've enjoyed my first week back to the grind in the working world, even though I nearly fell asleep several times during training due to lack of sleep. I was so sleep deprived that I couldn't even edit anything this week. Not cool. I'm basically learning their system,… Continue reading End of the First Week

My first day back into the world of the employed started at 4 AM. Mind you, my alarm was to go off at 6 AM because I don't have to be at work until 8 AM. Yep, great start!I'm working 10-hour days Monday through Friday for three weeks in an accelerated training course for one… Continue reading Back to the Grind