When you really need to get some work done and you are in a time crunch what do you do to get it done? Before Covid, my answer to that question would have been, that I would come into the office very early-before the office phones started ringing-and get it done. Since Covid my answer is different. If I have a document that I need to write, for e …
I have another instance where my phone was listening to me. And this one really freaked me out. So, if you could explain it to me, I would appreciate it. My husband and I have a home theater which we built right after Superstorm Sandy. The chairs are over ten years old and it’s time to replace them. So, a few nights ago, my husband and I, on his …
In discussing Gotham I aways say that “Gotham is special, we care.” And Gotham proves it to me again and again. On this day when we think about those we lost on September 11, I thought this story would be worth telling. A few weeks ago I sent out the following email to Fredslist: The writer of the email below is one of my closest and dearest f …
Have you fallen into this trap? You give a vendor your email address to receive a percentage off of your purchase? I have done so too many times to count. The email I typically give for those purposes is not one I use regularly. Last week I was looking through the emails and clicked on one that looked interesting. As expected, it brought me to th …
How often do you rely on online reviews when making choices? I have found that, if I am making purchases of clothing online, I tend to read the reviews to determine the proper size. Generally, however, I will stay with my usual size unless the reviews really stress that the item runs big or small. With respect to restaurant reviews I rarely eve …
We all have our deadlines. Work deadlines are usually the most prevalent. We all know when deadlines are approaching, and we all handle them differently. I seem to have a new deadline in my life, the Amazon shipping deadline. I have become very dependent on Amazon for many of my basic needs from food items to clothing etc. If I am going away on …
One of my most vivid memories from childhood was my Mom’s “good” silverware, crystal, and China. These dishes, glasses, and utensils were only used on special occasions, the holidays or when my parents had dinner parties. As an adult, I sort of rebelled against having good dishes that only made appearances during special occasions. I never bought …
I have written about this subject before. A new event occurred that I found so unnerving that I had to write about it again. My step-son recently got engaged. Right after the engagement, on that Saturday night, both immediate families met for dinner. The next day, Sunday, my step-son planned a party at a local pub for their entire families and t …
Are you a good delegator? During Covid I let my assistant go. It made economic sense at the time. Since that time, I have had the opportunity to evaluate the tasks she typically performed as I have had to do almost all of them myself. Unfortunately, I learned that a lot of her work was just repetitive of my work. For example, she paginated my …
I always find that, for me, work slows down just a bit in the summer. Many people in my profession tend to take Fridays off and/or leave the office earlier during the week in the summer. I like the slower pace in the summer. I tend to get a lot of my “busy” work done then. And for a few weeks things at work seem, to be, just a little less stressf …
I have hazel eyes. My Mom, as mothers do, always told me that they made me special because hazel eyes are rare. Recently, I got curious and researched whether my eye color is truly rare. After looking it up, I think my Mom embellished the facts, just a bit Apparently, violet and grey eyes are much rarer than mine. I remember that Liz Taylor wa …
In the midst of the eerie smoke last week, it was nice to read a story about hope and survival. Four children — including a baby — who spent over a month alone in the Amazon following a plane crash had been found alive. The siblings, who range in ages from 1 to 13 were found in the Columbian jungle on Friday. They were the only survivors of a May …
Admittedly, my husband and I do a lot of travelling. The primary incentive for that is that he lost his first wife at age of forty. So his mantra is, “We go now, because we do not know what tomorrow brings” For years I have been wanting to see Paris. It has been my dream destination. We drove through it once several years ago on a bus tour. I rem …
It almost seems that the pandemic is in our rear-view window. Yet, for me there have been some permanent changes in our lives. Before the pandemic, when certain sort of movies opened (read Science Fiction), I had to see science fiction movies in the theaters as soon as I could. I firmly believed that these movies could only be seen, and properly …
I have one vice that I am emphatic about, I have to be everywhere on time. And, not only on time, generally I always arrive early. If I have a court appearance or meeting, I almost always show up at least fifteen minutes early. If we have a flight, I am usually sitting at the gate at least an hour early. My family finds my insistence on leaving …
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