My brother and future sis-in-law came this last weekend and brought a truck load of furniture I inhereted from various family members. Most of the pieces are almost 100 years old. They are really beautiful pieces. A dining set & chairs, sofa, rocker, chair, sewing table with pedal and an amazing china hutch. They also […]
I overheard one side of a conversation between a crew chief and his tech talking about a job he and his crew were working on today: Crew Lead on the phone: “You broke what?! An urn?!” “What do you mean someone should have told you what it was? How could you not know what it […]
I just learned that the odds of survival for something I’ve always wanted to do are 1 – 1,000. Meaning, 1 in 1,000 people die. I’ve also learned the proper term for this activity. It’s called parapente, or para-gliding. It looks like so much fun, but I just got done talking to a co-worker about […]
When I have a rough start to a day, I can usually shake it off and turn things around. For some reason, my usual methods aren’t working on this particular rough day. For starters, I woke up late – normally, no big deal, I can get over it. But after sitting in traffic that added […]
At work this morning my co-worker asked me if I had a table by our door where we keep keys and things. “Like for your entry way” he said. He is going to make the entry table as a thank you for the painting I’m doing for him. (He’s also paying me for the art […]
Had such a wonderful Bible study last night. And now for the coming summer months when everyone is so busy, we opted to read a book and meet once a month to discuss. I love things like this. And yes, by ‘things like this’ I mean studying. Reading, studying and learning are things I wish […]
Had a meeting with my manager yesterday. He’s giving his two weeks notice and will be gone by the 15th. He’s leaving to manage a bowling alley/restaurant/pool hall/family fun center place in Lynnwood. He said he was tired of working in the insurance world – too much nasty, dishonest, mean people. Now he gets to […]
