I am the queen of geography!
In the spirit of use it or lose it, I like to do different things to keep my mind challenged. Challenged, that is, in a way that’s different from trying to remember why I came into this room, or just where it was I decided would be the perfect place to store the vacuum cleaner […]
Good grief!
I didn’t realize how long it had been since I posted anything. I look at my blog every single day, checking to see if the people I follow (look left) have made new entries, but somehow it doesn’t really register just how long it’s been since I’ve posted. I even kind of made a secret […]
Randomness, or Holiday Brain
Actually, the Unclutterer blog (look at that reading list to the left right) calls it vacation brain, but I think ‘Holiday Brain’ gives more of a hint as to all the preparation involved. Yes, it’s that time of year again, when the childless couple starts making their rounds. Never having had babies means that we […]
Coach Glen Gulutzan’s team chemistry building methods
As I mentioned on October 16th, the Dallas Stars have a bunch of new players this season. Mike Heika, of the Dallas Morning News, blogged today about head coach Glen Gulutzan’s efforts to build chemistry between the players, including the seven new guys. To bring that group together quickly requires some “chemistry building games.” Donkeyball […]
Bad Timing & Two Ways to Help Your Team
Bad timing 1: The very back/bottom of my hair is much too long, and has been for a while. I looked at my calendar two weeks ago and saw that my next haircut wasn’t ’til November 1st, so I thought I’d call and schedule a quick touch-up. I didn’t do that. I did, however, think to […]
Reasons to like Stars hockey
The first day of NHL free agency this past July, the Dallas Stars signed six new players. Last week, they acquired another through trade (there were salary cap issues). I love hockey because it’s a very fast-paced, high-energy game. And, well, also because of this. These are those seven new players: Sheldon Souray Jake Dowell […]
Pontification, just to get it off my mind
I realize how pompous I’m about to sound. Let me just say, first of all, that I’m pretty old. Let me also say that when I think of who I was at 30, and compare that person to who I am now, there’s no way I would go back. I’m kinder, more tolerant and, if […]
Get crackin’, woman!
The Dallas Stars have their first preseason home game this week. (Incidentally, the last Texas Rangers game we’ll be going to this season is the following day. Two sports. My two favorite sports. Two days in a row. Woo-hoo!!!) I picked out the top (fingertip part) of the team-color mittens I knitted last year in […]
Is it getting close to autumn?
I don’t know why, exactly, but I’m feeling more and more like summer is about to be over. That’s kind of ridiculous, considering the highs in the middle of this week in DFW will be in the 105° range. It obviously doesn’t have much to do with the weather, though — for the record — […]
Sta-ressss!!
As in too much. Too, too much. I’m certainly creating some of it in my own mind (does anyone else do that?), but there are also external factors that are undeniably stressful. Sooo…I think I’m going to grab some knitting and focus on it really, really hard. For you non-knitters, knitting is actually a fairly […]
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