Growing up, my parents had us clean every Sunday. My brother, sister and I would rotate what we cleaned. One week I’d vacuum, the next I’d clean the kitchen and the next I’d clean the bathroom. It was a good system that kept the house in good order. However, the habit never really seemed to […]
I’m not stranger to being fed up with a job and in the process of looking for a new one. I’ve been in that place a few times now. I’ve even been in that place with my current job, though I talked myself out of being fed up and realized it was a lack of […]
I made my first dovetail joint over the weekend and I’m insanely proud of it. It’s ugly and barely fits together correctly, but I got it to work and that’s a big step. My measurements were sloppy, and my cuts were off and my wood wasn’t square, but despite all that I got it together […]
I am a bike rider, and I always have been. All through primary school, until I got a car, I rode my bike to and from school everyday. Even in rain and snow and freezing temperatures. In college I rode it a ton too, one winter commuting five miles each way to work, five days […]
Every day, I wake up and go for a walk, shower, and then get ready for work. I make a sandwich for lunch, oat bread with three slices of turkey, three slices of Wauwewaga sharp cheddar cheese, and a spread of Mayo on one slice. I wrap that up and put it in my lunch […]
I’ve been so frustrated lately with everything. I don’t like it. The worst part is, I can’t really pinpoint what is making me frustrated. And that just makes me more frustrated. I’m usually pretty good at knowing what’s going on in my head. I can explain my actions easily. But this business of not knowing […]
It got cold overnight recently. We woke up on Sunday to find the city covered in a few inches of snow. But it was warm and the snow was slushy and I expected it to be gone in a day. We hadn’t had any solid freezes yet this year so the ground wasn’t frozen. I guess […]
My titles are varied and in completely different spheres. One is content manager and one is systems admin. Neither of them really represent what I do all day. I was hired as an editor but quickly expanded to content manager only to turn around and stick my hands into database work. That led to developer […]
December is a rough month. Every year it’s the same. I promise myself I’m going to be reasonable and not buy tons of gifts and only get one gift per person. But December comes and goes and I end up having spent a small fortune on gifts. How do I stop? Why do I do […]
What’s your policy for PTO? I mean, what do you expect when you take a day off of work? Does anyone still in the office expect you to be reachable? Are you expected to work? I’m taking tomorrow off for a personal errand. I’ve told people I’ll have my phone on me, but I’m not […]