Thursday, July 23, 2009

m-m-m

Well, I just discovered that I like Lingonberry Preserves--and Swedish flat bread isn't bad either. Together they make a perfect snack. Thanks Amy!

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

The Long and Winding Road...

I am off work today. It's lovely. I got up and got Poppy off, sat down at my computer and read blogs. Christy and her family will be here later this morning. This will be a fun day. I have 2 1/2 weeks left before I retire--16 days--and only 12 more to actually go in to work. I have cut my hours to 6--9 to 3:30--not too bad. It's just that I'm not really doing any actual work at this point--just teaching others how and what to do and when--makes me tired to think about it. This is reminding me of lying down in deep plush and purring--I guess my alter-ego is a cat.

Monday, July 13, 2009

Places to See and Miles to Go

Amy WW has started a series about places she would like to see. It made me think about our plans to do exactly that in the next few years. In fact we already started. We went to Vermont and stopped at Niagara for a day (and night). Wonderful. We went to Alaska on a cruise. Beautiful. We also went to Novia Scotia on a cruise and thought that was a truly extraordinary place and would love to go back. The thing is, when we went to Vermont, Hurricane Katrina hit and we changed our route back and missed Washington, D.C. So there's a place we want want to visit. When we went to Alaska, we were in the middle of one of the worst storms to hit the Gulf of Alaska in a long time, and missed most of the stops until we got to the inland waterway--and two people died. When we went to Novia Scotia, the last picture Bobby took on the way out of the Hudson River and we were looking back, was the World Trade Towers, and the date stamp on that picture is 9/8/01. So we had to scramble on our way back to get any flights at all, as New York harbor was turned into the Morgue after 9/11. We were told not to travel anymore by several of our friends. :) Well, we will, and included in the places we would like to see are Hawaii and the Northwest USA. Being born and raised in San Diego, I never thought much about Hawaii, but after living nearly 30 years in Oklahoma, I think I would love to visit there. Some friends of ours moved there last year and have invited us to stay with them when we go. So, we will likely visit Hawaii. Since Bobby has cousins in northern California and Oregon, we will most likely visit there, too. There are other places, and I thank Amy for bringing up this subject and making me think about it again. Stay tuned...

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Winding Down...

I'm at the weird place in a job where I am just about out the door, other people have been assigned to do my various (legion) tasks, and they're still learning how to do them. I have written two quite large books about this and that--what to do when this happens, when to do what, the cascade of daily chores and how this must be done first so you have all the information you need to complete something else. Whew! ech I am not actually doing anything. I organize, put into piles, make lists, sit and read articles on the internet. There's a whirl of work going on around me, but I'm in the eye of the storm and the other side of the storm is not on its way. :) One thing I have realized is that I do a LOT of stuff. The funny thing about this is that I don't really care whether or not anyone does anything with what I have produced for them. If they throw it all out and just skate by with mininum--OK. I'm no longer invested in it. I know the manager of my department is concerned. I think his concern is enough for the whole department, and I am happy to let him worry about it. That's all. I'm in a really great place...