Being Awesome, Week 4

Another week, more opportunities to inject some awesome into the world. Let’s take a look at the highlights. My husband gave me spa gift certificates for Valentine’s Day. He is the greatest thing since sliced bread. Basically, I spent many hours relaxing, which is what it means when you have to lie very very still […]

Being Awesome, Week 3

Well, it’s March, and it’s still effing snowing every day, so I can definitely use a weekly reminder of all the awesome in my life. Here’s a look at the past seven days: Friday: A networking-type event that included free dinner with most of our good friends. Bonus trivia as the entertainment portion of the […]

Being Awesome, Week 2

In an on-going effort to infuse more awesomeness into my life, here’s what I’m doing this week: Laundry. I know it doesn’t sound awesome, but when you’ve been sick and unable to walk around for a couple of weeks, clean clothes are the most amazing thing in the world. Washing your hair is a close […]

Being Awesome, Week 1

Earlier this week, I vowed that I would stop having an awful year and start being awesome. So, here’s what I did week 1 to be more awesome. Very careful exercise on Saturday made me feel better all over (and gave me the idea to do this). Monday, I harnessed the power of the internet […]

Rededication to Being Awesome.

I’ve had a rough start to 2015. In fact, I’d call it the worst start I’ve had to a year since an awful break-up at the end of 2009. Professional problems are stuck in a weird downward spiral, and I can’t see the exit. I threw my back out and have been basically confined to […]

“The Basket Case” guest blog on Celebration Generation

In addition to books (reading and writing), Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and a really good cheese, one of the things I really enjoy is baking. Cooking is fine – I can cook, if you tell me what you want to eat and hand me a recipe. It’s theoretically possible that I could find a recipe […]