I’ll admit, I browse my email. I get so much throughout the day between work and home that it’s nearly impossible to read every word. I need to come up with a better method because…I even browse email from my own family. That’s how I missed the note about a great, little writing contest being put on by one of my mother’s favorite blogs, Dear Reader.
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Toby Keith and How I Made a Fool of Myself
Parents will do almost anything for kids. Not just their own kids, but their siblings’ kids, their best friends’ kids, the kid down the street…sometimes just any kid at all. So, last year, when my friend (who is like a brother to me) asked me to help him figure out how to promote his daughter’s singing career in an online contest, I went all out. I spent hours every day for months on end promoting her in every way I could imagine. First, because she’s THAT good and second, because, well, I’m simply addicted to all things computer related.
Little did I know then how that would become the first step on the road to my making a fool of myself in front of Toby Keith.
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Sharpen Your Pencils
That term came up in a call today and it got me thinking. I started looking around my office and there wasn’t a single pencil in sight. I haven’t written with a pencil in ages. I have pens…lots of pens. My kids have pencils (it’s a standard elementary school supply list item), but not me. I have no pencils. More importantly, I don’t really have a need for a pencil.
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Mi Amigos in Downtown Phoenix
I go to Mi Amigos, a Mexican restaurant in downtown Phoenix’s Arizona Center, regularly for lunch. Regularly enough, in fact, that the manager never fails to stop by our table and say hi, knows us by name, and makes sure we’re content.
They serve wonderful fajitas, great corn chips, fresh salsa, and the best Mexican salads I’ve ever eaten. If you ever find yourself wandering in Phoenix looking for a great place to have lunch, stop by Mi Amigos Mexican Grill. You won’t be disappointed.
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When You Can’t Unwind
Does this happen to you? Drag your tired self to bed only to find your head won’t shut down:
- Am I spending enough quality time with the kids?
- Did I send out the car payment?
- I think the boys need checkups soon.
- What am I going to wear tomorrow?
- Shoot, I forgot to send the email replying to the party invite.
It’s your brain cycling – trying to fill the hole of a missing to-do list. Make the to-do list and go to sleep!