Monthly Archives: February 2012

I am tired of winter. I don’t mean just a little tired. Yes, I know it’s only the end of February and we still have a long way to go, and we need the snow. I don’t care. Go ahead, … Continue reading →

Pat finds these self-help/management books and leaves one of them out for me every week in the hope that I’ll learn something. This week it was Patterson, Grenny, McMillan, and Switzler’s Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking when Stakes are High. … Continue reading →

I’m thinking about Valentine’s Day coming up sometime soon, because I saw the valentine decorations at the dentist’s office. Every year it’s the same thing. If I don’t forget, I get Pat flowers. This year I’ll do something different. I’ll … Continue reading →

I don’t know what a groundhog is. Is that a fancy Eastern term for a marmot or possibly a gopher? And what’s with the weather prediction based on whether the sun is shining at one particular moment on one day … Continue reading →