A Toast to Me!

Let me start by saying, I appreciate my job. I look forward to doing a good job and I take pride in what I do. Lately I haven’t posted because I’ve been swamped at the office. I manage a rather busy office that handles emergency type services, so we’re busy all of the time. Our [...]

I just spent a great weekend with my family celebrating Christmas.  As usual, my mom did an amazing job with the food and everyone was in great spirits.  A new tradition that my little brother and his wife have started is breakfast on Christmas morning – this year I was asked to bring a dish [...]

I’m a little sad.  I’m sad because I realized this evening that one of my dearest friends and I are just not connecting.  I’m not sure when this happened, but I think that it must have been recent.  I’ve noticed that she and I can’t seem to have a conversation without one of us getting [...]

A year ago, about 22 hours shy of being to the day, The Loose Goose Wine Society, Wine Festival, and Private Wine Cellar officially announced the closing of the doors.  How sad it is to remember.  Up until the last minute I was go go go, but it was on April 9th that I finally [...]

Today I find myself doing a lot of cleaning in preparation for my impending move and I came across a copy of the Yahoo! Hotjobs section of the Daily News from October 4th.  There George Gurney writes a section called Dear Headhunter, which is essentially an advise column, similar to the Dear Abbey columns I [...]

As I was looking through this morning’s paper, one section caught my attention so much that I even tweeted about it.  The tweet, and the section (paraphrased), simply stated:  ”Today is Wed., Nov 22nd, 322 day of the year.  There are 43 days left in 2009″.  My first reaction was wow, only 43 days left [...]

Adversity is one of those things that builds character.  It tests our boundaries and takes us back to those basic rules we all learned in kindergarten.  You know – those little tiffs out on the playground with the school bully? He/She says something mean to me or pushes me.   Do I fight back?  Do [...]

I’m one of those people that can watch a movie over and over again.  Not just any movie, mind you.  It has to be a “feel good” movie.  One that makes me smile.  One where I can follow along without having to actually watch the movie.  It’s a movie that can serve as a “go-to” [...]

Dear _____, Is it wrong to expect you to do what you said you were going to do? Is it too much to ask for you to communicate? Is it crazy to expect you to keep promises? Is it really necessary to insult me — especially when you are the one that is in the [...]

I was 3 years old when my parents bought this house. Some may claim that I was too young, but I swear I remember the day my parents brought my older brother and I to the house the first time.  There was a rainbow outside and when an adult (could have been mom, dad, abuela, [...]