Megan (Carol's new assistant) and Emily (Marilyn's new assistant) started today and needed training. We three -- plus Marilyn, Carol and Caroll -- all went together to have Starbucks (Marilyn bought for all of us). Starbucks with new people has become a tradition... (Usually I do this with Rich, but he was away at a conference today ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I started off our busy day at the beach house with a walk in the misty morning. It wasn't full out rain, but enough precip to get wet, anyway. I had worn my blue festival jacket, because it had a hood -- but it was far too warm (!!!) a day for it! Marilyn bought me a new hoodie in Seaside -- neon green. (I love neon clothes, by the way ( Read more... )

Um, yeah. It hasn't been a horrible day or anything -- just a wildly frustrating day ( Read more... )

Today was the first-ever Rock 'n' Roll Portland Half Marathon! Marilyn was very involved with this event happening, so I think she should be very proud -- it went off so well. It was an exciting morning, I must say ( Read more... )

I actually slept in today -- interesting, as originally I'd planned to be at work all day ( Read more... )

I can barely FUNCTION today, I'm so TIRED. It's not like I didn't get a good night's sleep last night. Plus I slept in. But I'm just draggin' my butt all day today. I can't believe it's almost 2:00 p.m ( Read more... )

Before I try and blog, here's the message at the top of the page: There is currently a problem which prevents scheduled entries from being posted. Developers are aware of this issue and are working to fix it. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience ( Read more... )

Today a friend asked me how many 'hours' I put in daily for Social Media. I laughed and said, "I don't have hours to give just to Social Media -- you know that." I may have been laughing and my tone may have been jovial, but I wasn't kidding. I only have a certain amount of free time for these things -- so I try to get the biggest bang I can out of ( Read more... )

Well, there aren't even words for how appalled and disgusted I was by tonight's episode of "The Walking Dead."

S P O I L E R     A L E R T ! ! !

Don't continue to read if you haven't seen this episode, because I'm going to discuss details. Consider yourself warned!

Tonight Shane Walsh shot the character Otis in order to escape a group of zombies ( Read more... )

I discovered Better Facebook today -- and WOW, does it ever make Facebook BETTER!!! If you've never heard of it, you should check it out. You won't be sorry ( Read more... )