I love the opportunity travel affords for one of my favorite pastimes—people watching. I had two back-to-back trips recently that gave me ample and varied people-watching opportunities. Not all of it is good. Here’s an example of a conversation I witnessed in the airport: Old woman to husband (in a slightly bossy tone): “Go to […]
Monthly Archive for July, 2005
Book review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Posted in Books on Jul 27th, 2005
I love the Harry Potter books. Let’s be absolutely clear about that. I loved this one too, every bit as much as the previous five in the series. However, a small part of me can’t help asking, as Harry matures and the storylines get darker, is this really still a children’s series? Sure, Harry at […]
Schmoozing
Posted in Work on Jul 27th, 2005
I’ve just returned from one of my favorite events of the year, CHART. I love this conference because it’s like family. It’s a smallish group (around 350 this time) of hotel and restaurant trainers who come together to share information and learn from each other, regardless of the fact that in many cases they are […]
Temporary blogging hiatus
Posted in Blogging on Jul 21st, 2005
I’m on a temporary blogging hiatus. Too much going on combined with back to back trips out of town will be conspiring to keep me away from the computer through the end of the month. But fear not, my mind is ever on the lookout for good blog topics and I’m sure I’ll have several […]
Silence is golden
Posted in Silence Please, Work on Jul 21st, 2005
Today is one of those rare “I’m so busy at the office that I can’t get any REAL work done, so I’m working from home” days. It’s total, absolute, glorious silence. No meetings, no interruptions, no TV, no radio, no talking/yelling/crying, no background noise of any kind. Imagine that—a bit of silence, and I can […]
What a month this is turning out to be. I’ve been going from one thing to the next to the next, virtually nonstop. A friend teased me this morning, looking for my cape and a red “S.” But even though I’m juggling so many things between work and with the kids’ busy summer schedules, I’m […]
Reasoning with a two-year-old
Posted in Family on Jul 17th, 2005
For a two-year-old, Noah is remarkably easy to reason with. Whenever he wants something but can’t get his way, all we have to do is explain the plan and we almost always get a sunny “okay!” This morning he wanted to play on the piano when we were trying to get him dressed for church. […]
Happy Anniversary
Posted in Family on Jul 16th, 2005
It’s 11 great years of marriage today! In honor of the occasion, here are some of the things I love about my husband, in no particular order. He still holds my hand. He still tells me I am cute/pretty/beautiful. He writes me poetry. He makes me smile. He supports everything I do. He remembers all […]
Life in the Internet age
Posted in Tech Geek on Jul 11th, 2005
So this weekend we had an unofficial “mini reunion” among former high school classmates (this would explain the no blogging for the past few days). I reconnected with people I haven’t seen in 17 years. Technology is a truly marvelous thing, because through our class of ’88 message board, we’ve all had the opportunity to […]
My little swimmer
Posted in Family on Jul 5th, 2005
Okay, so he’s not a swimmer yet, but Noah started his swimming lessons tonight. But this is more accurately survival skills than swimming lessons. You’ve probably heard of it—it’s the type of program where they basically let the baby or toddler swallow a lot of water while they teach them how to get to the […]
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