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My cat the kangaroo.
Working from home is great, but when you’ve got clingy cats, it can prove challenging – especially when they demand attention right in the middle of an MS Teams call. Halfway through last week’s Communications team meeting, Shirley hopped onto my desk and began pacing back and forth, nudging my hand, looking for skritches. When
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Cheers! And pass the Irish Spring.
A few weeks ago, I celebrated 15 years of blogging by opening the virtual floor for questions. One of those was very inappropriate. Shame on you-know-who! (J/K. They were all very PG.) You asked, I’m answering! What’s your favorite blog topic. What topics get you the most passionate? (Writing from the Heart with Brian) I
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Pop open a Zima and make it a Blockbuster night.
While driving around on New Year’s Eve running a few errands, I was listening to The Top 50 of 1994 countdown on Lithium, SiriusXM’s ’90s alternative and grunge rock channel. Man, that took me back. I have such a fondness for the ’90s – and that year in particular. To borrow from Dickens: it was
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75,019,257 unamused Americans (but oh, what a light show!)
Hate to break it to you, but I don’t think I’m going to blog any more this year. I need a break. Especially after my busy-ass weekend. Saturday, I spent six hours taking down and packing up the holiday decorations. There was all the stuff inside, of course – two trees, a village, and way
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Happy Holid-“ayyy”s!
I’ve been doing photo Christmas cards literally since I was born. It’s a tradition that continues to this day. Luckily, Tara is a willful participant. (Or maybe she’s just humoring me. Either way, she’s in the pics, which is all that matters.) This year we were scrambling for a photo at the last minute. Often,
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Redemption in red, green, yellow, and blue.
Sweet baby Jesus – it’s never felt so good to be back in Wisconsin. That text was Tara’s way of letting me know her plane was on the ground last night. Woo-hoo! For a while there, we weren’t sure that was going to happen. When her flight from Manzanillo touched down in Dallas, they sat
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