Note: This is the first incarnation of Design Your Life. It was quite detailed. I never finished it. I have all the materials. It goes on my scrappy bucket list, I guess. I had more success with Cathy’s DYL 2.0,
Big Day
I’ve been awake since 3:30 am. I blame that partially on the time switchover this weekend, and the other part on my nerves about today. Election Day is here. My things are packed and ready to go out to my
oops…
I just came over to the local coffee shop for some Mama Time. I knew there would be a jazz group playing tonight, so parking and tables would be tight. I walked in the back entrance while the trumpet player
No Different
Fed chair Bernanke says Congress risks recession if Congress doesn't give Wall Street $700 billion NOW. I'm here to tell Mr. Bernanke — we're already in a recession. Maybe not according to his tools and calculators. But those are just
My New Mortgage and Insurance Company!
Congratulate me! I now own two mortgage companies and an insurance company. Come to think of it, you own them too. Their names are Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae, and AIG. I’m not sure they were playing with a full deck
Humidity
My old friend humidity has returned from its 3 week vacation. I think this is the last hurrah before the Fall kicks in. Don't know where it came from. Perhaps it's a long distance gift from Ike. Sent using AT&T
Alas and Alack
Went to Rice Park at lunch. No Keith to be found, or Rachel M. Saw 2 other MSNBC types, but I had no clue who they were. Sent using AT&T Xpress Mail
The Police State of St. Paul
The last time I saw this many police on the streets of a city, I was in Beijing. I feel like I’m walking around Embassy Row in Beijing. If the police had green uniforms on, I’d swear I was back
Email Chain Turned Meme
Decided to turn Shirley’s email into a meme. It seemed to fit. FourA) Four places that I go to over and over: J&S (the local coffee shop), work, Lunds (grocery store), Korte’s (another grocery store) B) Four people who e-mail
On Weight, Exercise, and Mobility
Not a lot going on in the past month, except that I had foot surgery again, at the end of June. Same song, different foot. It is healing well, just in the swelling and weather-change-pain stage. In two weeks, I

