“If I Can Do It, Anyone Can”
Boy, does that phrase just get under my skin. I won’t rant about it, but please, please, never say it. It’s never true. And it just makes the person who *can’t* do it feel pretty awful… or frustrated that you can’t see the situation from their point of view.
making connections.
Recently, I’ve added German to my daily Duolingo routine. Many of my coworkers are German as are some of our customers. I always saw German as an impossible language, but, at least at the beginner’s level, it is not so complicated. One thing I’ve found with learning German is that it helps me with making
bloomin’ cactus.
The gift that keeps on giving. A couple of years ago, a friend brought me this Christmas cactus as a hostess gift. I thought that, like every poinsettia that I’ve ever bought, it would last the .season and then be done. So how surprised I was that it not only lived a whole year, but
celebrate: week 51
Coming up this week: 16: Chocolate Covered Anything Day 17: National Maple Syrup Day and International Talk with a Fake British Accent Day Yeah, baby, yeah. It’s international talk with a fake British accent day Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Maple Ginger topping 18: National Bake Cookies Day 19: National Hard Candy Day and National Oatmeal
fly tybee.
Just a random shot as we drove off of Tybee towards Savannah….
the most exciting time of the year.
It is getting real! Chloe has now been accepted at three different colleges! She’s still waiting for a few more, but the decision is going to be very tough! But, it is nice to have choices….
not my job.
In some ways, it is *exactly* my job. But in oh so many ways, it is not. The other day, I received this comment on my blog post about DOcplex: Even when I followed your method, I got the following errors: DOcplexExceptionTraceback (most recent call last) in () 1 mdl.print_information() … DOcplexException: CPLEX runtime not
headspace.
This week, I worked on picking up a few new habits to help deal with the anxiety of everything that’s going on around me. For one, I subscribed to Ma href=””>headspace, an app for learning to meditate. I’ve tried a numbre of times to start meditating, but nothing could convince my monkey mind to slow
taking photos.
The other day, Chloe remarked that I used to *always* carry a camera with me … it’s true. Actually I used to carry 2-3 cameras with me! These days, I’ve gotten lazy and just use my phone. But I miss taking photos. So I got out the ol’ DSLR and will be making more of
century!
Happy 100th! birthday to me and Rob! Yes, we turned 100 on Sunday…. Rob’s 50th birthday passed uncelebrated as it was a chaotic time in our lives. So he decided we should have a combined 50th birthday party, on the day that the sum of our ages made us 100… We invited everyone, had way
celebrate: week 50
Coming up this week: 9: National Pastry Day and Christmas Card Day French Napoleons 10: National Dewey Decimal System Day and Human Rights Day and National Lager Day “Do We” Really Know Dewey? Human Rights Day 11: International Mountain Day and National Noodle-Ring Day International Mountain Day German Noodle Ring with Cheese Sauce 12: National
mums show.
A Saturday at Smith and the mums show!!
celebrate: week 49
Coming up this week: 2: National Fritters Day and National Mutt Day Zucchini & Corn Fritters National Mutt Day 3: National Roof Over Your Head Day and National Green Bean Casserole Day and Giving Tuesday 4: National Cookie Day and National Dice Day National Dice Day 5: Repeal Day and International Volunteer Day and National
streeetch.
The boy can sploot and stick out his curvy tongue ….
celebrate: week 48
Coming up this week: 25: National Parfait Day Breakfast buffet: National parfait day Pumpkin Mousse Parfaits 26: National Cake Day 27: National Bavarian Cream Pie Day 28: Thanksgiving and National French Toast Day 29: National Lemon Cream Pie Day and Buy Nothing Day Buy Nothing Day 30: National Mousse day Chocolate Mousse December: 1: National
happiness.
The boy loves to chase his ball at the beach!
celebrate: week 47
Coming up this week: 18: National Vichyssoise Day and Mickey Mouse Day 19: World Toilet Day and Carbonated Beverage With Caffeine Day World Toilet Day World Toilet Organisation Ten outstanding loos for World Toilet Day 9 Eye-Popping Photos From Taiwanโs โModern Toiletโ Restaurant 20: National Peanut Butter Fudge Day Easiest Peanut Butter Fudge 21: World
rock harbor.
Autumn on the Cape is beautiful!
celebrate: week 46
Coming up this week: 11: National Sundae Day 12: National Pizza With Everything (Except Anchovies) Day and Chicken Soup for the Soul Day and National Happy Hour Day 13: National Indian Pudding Day and World Kindness Day and Sadie Hawkins Day 14: National Pickle Day and National Spicy Guacamole Day and Claude Monet’s birthday 15:
backyard.
I love my backyard ….
GBK Gwyneth
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