1999

Since talking with my father last week, I’ve been running through all the “what if” scenarios. Sort of like a question of the week here on OD – you know the drill. Rather than pondering what I would do if I knew the world was about to come to an end, I have been thinking…

We’re nearly down to the wire and the 1900s are breathing their last breaths. The end of the old and the beginning of the new are here. In these last few hours of 1999 I have found myself preoccupied with the closeout of 1999 rather than looking ahead to the possibilities of 2000. Perhaps tomorro...

So tell me, 3 days from now, what is going to be so different? The new millennium approaches with a mixture of much fanfare, trepidation and anticipation. When we all wake up on Saturday morning, how will our lives be changed?Will there be electrical blackouts, interrupted telephone service, long...

After my son left yesterday I rested a while, basking in the afterglow of Christmas. My daughter was off with her friends and I relaxed and soaked every last bit of Christmas humor in. Then I got to work. The tree came down. The ornaments and decorations were lovingly packed away. Laundry got don...

This is not the Christmas that I have gotten the most presents in my lifetime, nor did I receive the most expensive gifts ever. But it IS the Christmas I got the best presents. We had a lovely day. I was the first one out of bed for a change. I went into the living…

I have finally finished up my Christmas Shopping – the tangible items. Yahooie! The things that needed to be mailed were mailed. I hope they went to the right folks. I went to a Mailboxes Etc to have them pack and ship the items. There was one set of things for my sister and family…

If I am not careful, I am going to get a reputation at work as (at worst) a drug pusher or (at best) as the patron saint of vitamin C. I have never worked in an office where so many people are constantly sniffling, sneezing, coughing and generally dragging butt. I keep a small supply…

School is out for Christmas break. The kids got out Friday. My daughter came home with many presents from her friends. It was great – nothing was big and extravagant. They were small tokens of friendship and obviously purchased with thought about what my daughter would actually like. We did much ...

I am a procrastinator. I have always been a procrastinator. I most probably always will be a procrastinator. I have good intentions……..paving my own road to hell as like as not. The point? Oh yes. I have not done my Christmas shopping yet. It’s not that I have such a long list. It’s not even…

There is a personality typing system – the Riso Enneagram Type Indicator – which my sister has been very interested in lately. I took her interest in this with a grain of salt. Another way to categorize that sort of fits and sort of doesn’t, is what I thought. But my sister is nothing, if…