Archive for December, 2006

Why Jock Friends Rock

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

It has taken this long (I’ll just say over 50 years) for me to know why I am drawn to certain female friends who are jocks, but today I finally had a flash of insight.
Perspective wise, you should know I am straight and a mom of a bunch of athletic kids. And, I have [...]

Kayaking with Dogs

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Paddling With a Camera is a blog I just discovered thanks to ProBloggers recent Group Writing Project.
I was zipping around in Marek Uliasz’s site, initially psyched at having found a blog devoted to two of my favorite out-of-office activities. That would be, clearly, paddling my kayak and photography. Then I found the part about kayaking [...]

ProBlogger Project Brings Sunshine On a Cloudy Day

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

It’s kind of like when you receive a gift from someone you didn’t expect would be giving you one, and it turns out to fit you to a tee. By jumping in and participating in ProBlogger’s brilliant Group Writing Project, I discovered these sites:
About Baseball
Coach Kids Sports
Suicide Fan: We’re Die Hard Sports [...]

Work Less, Live More

Wednesday, December 20th, 2006

Here’s what I am hoping my life will look like over the next three to five years, and no, none of this is in my biz plan (yet). Work really hard for most of the year, then take a well-publicized long vacation, say 1 - 3 months.
Last winter I took a month off (as mentioned [...]

Donate Blood and Feel Like a Hero for a Day

Monday, December 11th, 2006

I asked my youngest son to go with me to donate blood (would have been his first time) yesterday. I put to him that it could be his Christmas gift to me, or in exchange for buying him a tank of gas. I think he felt bad that he was uncomfortable about doing it, but [...]

Occupational Hazard of Being a VA

Saturday, December 9th, 2006

Some of us who’ve been in the Virtual Assistance profession for awhile have noticed a correlation between the years we’ve been VA’s and our body mass, and not in a good way!
After a discussion about it in my professional group, the International Virtual Assistant’s Association, we arrived at the idea of forming an online “Workout [...]