Thrive, Project 46, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, […]
happiness project: volunteering + misc (may)
Create, Project 45, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, […]
happiness project monthly breakdown: volunteer (may)
May is the “Volunteer” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I primarily reviewed my current commitments. During the month of May, I […]
normal? or disaster?
In the week preceding my trip to Cannes, I kept a close eye on the weather. The chance of rain for the weekend increased and […]
volunteering: decatur book festival
Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend. The two big festival weekends in Decatur. Our street, Ponce, is shut down and festival tents are raised. […]
above and beyond? or overstepping?
We’ve been walking that fine line in many places recently. When do we react and step out or when do we just let things go? […]
volunteering: red cross
I haven’t said a work about the red cross for months. One might think that I’ve quit in my goal to volunteer there. But, no, […]
volunteering: red cross – office worker
While I haven’t been out on a “DAT response” to a fire in some time, I have actually spent three afternoons at the main office […]
red cross shelter drill
The past few months have been a bit chaotic. Holiday season, snow day after snow day and then winter break. As such, I have barely […]
“volunteering”: gymnastics meet
This past weekend, Chloe’s gymnastics gym hosted the big “state meet” for a number of levels, not including Chloe’s. We “gym parents” have been inundated […]
volunteering: smoke detector blitz
This weekend is the Fall Smoke/Carbon Monoxide Detector Blitz here in Decatur. As a member of the Fire CAPS (Citizens Assisting Public Safety) team, I […]
volunteering: CERT Drill
I woke up nervous. I couldn’t shake it. My weeks of CERT classes back in April were going to be put to the test. What […]
volunteering: red cross – step 3
Moving forward in my volunteering this week. After a week out of town for September break (where I happily saw a Red Cross office just […]
volunteering: red cross – step 2
As I’ve written before (volunteering: red cross and volunteering: red cross – Step 1), I’ve been working towards becoming a Red Cross volunteer. And after […]
overdoing it.
Labor Day here in Decatur means, at the minimum, Dragon*Con and the Decatur Book Festival. This year as with last year, Rob and the girls […]
volunteering: CERT
Last week, I completed my CERT Class. While I’m glad to have my Thursday nights back, I’ll miss heading to the class and learning more […]
volunteering: red cross – Step 1
A few months ago, I wrote about how I’ve longed to become a Red Cross volunteer for decades (decades?!?). A couple weeks ago, while I […]
volunteering: cert training begins
In fact, it actually began last week while I was in New York City. Trying to fit in an eight week class, even with our […]
volunteering: fire caps
I admit. I’m a dork. Through and through. While I am what I am, it is not worth trying to fight it. I am so […]
volunteering: red cross
Years and years ago, back when I was in college, my parents did a very cool thing for me. They gave me a summer “on”. […]