Lots of things going on here lately that have been keeping me away from my computer... Started back to work after a 6-week recovery from an abdominal hysterectomy, found new summer childcare that is entirely too far away, performing a major overhaul...

*Note: I wrote this a few years ago for someone else and recently found it on my hard drive. The timing is close, so I thought I would share it here. (Please ignore my old writing style.) September 11, 2001, was my first day back to work following...

It has been a long time since I have been here and a lot has happened since my last realpost. Now I am going to attempt to catch everyone up without being all over the map (although, I suspect that'sexactlywhere I'll be). I gave a little teaser...

...To Deployment Just a few of my plants I'm taking a break from my frantic household purging and cleaning. I'm drinking an ice-cold Sam Adams Black Lager, getting eaten alive by blood-thirstymosquitoesthe size of 757s, listening to crickets singing...

The task of launching a blog from scratch is a little overwhelming to me, but like any other obstacle I have overcome in my lifetime, I decided that the best way to begin is to- Just. Begin. Write until the words are flowing freely and let the random...