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by Theresa Stevens on January 5th, 2009 • 2 Comments »
I have a friend who moved to California about five years ago. She was a very good friend, but with the huge distance separating us we’ve kind of lost touch. A few weeks ago, she sent me an email to wish us a Merry Christmas, and I sent one back. Last night, I was playing around on my Blackberry and I noticed she was online with Google Talk. I sent her a message and proceeded to have a 30-minute electronic conversation with her. We got caught up on what’s been going on in our lives in the last year (that …
Electronic Communication, Technology
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by Cheryl Mathis on January 2nd, 2009 • 12 Comments »
Isn’t this snow a hoot? I love it. So beautiful. I don’t think I’d love it as much if we didn’t have a snowblower, though. I do not have unconditional love for snow. Anyway. Today’s questions come to us from delightful Citizen Wausau blogger, Grinning Soul. Thank you so much, Lacy!
1. It’s time to toot your own party horn. What do you consider your greatest achievement of 2008?
2. As a prior employee of the retail/service industry, I do my best to be nothing less than cordial with those that must serve me. Have you ever defended a store employee that …
Friday Questions
by Cheryl Mathis on December 31st, 2008 • 6 Comments »
Next week, I will write something about resolutions in general, but today, I am going to tell you how I quit smoking. So many people resolve to quit smoking for the new year, but most end up failing in this endeavor. Most smokers I know have quit many times. They always ask me how I quit… and stayed quit. So here is my story.
I started smoking late: I was 19 when I first lit up. It was pure peer pressure. The people on the campus newspaper who I thought were cool smoked, and I wanted to be like them. So …
New Years Resolutions, Quitting Smoking
by Katie Fluegge on December 30th, 2008 • 19 Comments »
[We want to welcome new poster Katie Fluegge to the discussion. She has started off with a bang, and I trust a very meaty subject for you all. Welcome Katie.]
Every time I turn on the news I hear the headlines about “record foreclosure” and nationwide home sales being down. But when you look at home sales in our area the truth is Central Wisconsin has a strong economy and hasn’t been affected the way that other parts of the nation have been. Locally, we have seen a decrease in the number of overall home sales by about 22% in 2008 …
Housing
by Cheryl Mathis on December 26th, 2008 • 6 Comments »
After finally getting the snowblower to work again this morning, The Husband danced a jig. What a big pile of snow we got this week! Almost threatened to do in our holiday plans, but we persevered. I hope all of you enjoyed a bit of a holiday in honor of gift-getting day. Questions this week come to us from oldwoodchair. Thanks Terry!
1. I am lucky in that I have several Christmas tree ornaments from my childhood and also from my husband’s childhood…stuff that we have fond memories of hanging on the those big old trees of our youth, and we …
Friday Questions
by Cheryl Mathis on December 26th, 2008 • No Comments »
When I was a little girl living on top of the hill above the hospital, near the “tippy-top,” surrounded by fields and forests, I loved planting a half-acre garden with my mom every summer. It was delightful. I loved the flowers especially. We had ancient dahlia bulbs that stretched the length of the garden and bloomed with a dark red richness and a deeply satisfying scent. I was so sad that the flowers didn’t grow in the winter, so my mother and I built a little greenhouse on the side of the garage.
I loved that greenhouse. It was so much …
Wausau
by Cheryl Mathis on December 23rd, 2008 • One Comment »
I think my favorite Christmas memory was the year I realized how much I mean to the people in my life and how my life has intrinsic value.
It had been a rough year in college for me. I was piling responsibility after responsibility on my shoulders. Extra projects for school, signing on to sit on more and more executive boards of more and more organizations. I was overextending myself, and I was burning out quickly.
One day after a big fundraising event, one of my underlings had to bring the cash box to the bank. It was piled full of cash …
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