Postcards from the Funny Farm

How many times have you been working at a fast pace and couldn’t stop for lunch?  When this happens, wouldn’t it be great to have chips, popcorn, maybe some candy bars, sodas, even a few boxes of crackers with maybe some cheese (if you have a fridge nearby).  You wouldn’t hesitate to get a memory upgrade on your work computer, so why do so many of us neglect our palettes at work?

We all know that we perform better when we are happy and feeling well.  Treats we like can put us in that state.  I know it sounds a bit silly but taking the responsibility to treat yourself can go a really long way when your week goes South or even North with no time for a break.  I’ll tell you that as far as I am concerned, a little snack before a boring teacher meeting can make a world of difference to my mood.  You might even catch me taking notes and getting some inpsiration!

We are struggling this month with the holidays coming and all, I’ll write more on that later, but when we have enough extra to try this, I’m planinng on hitting Costco and making the best goodies drawer at work the world has ever seen.  Do you do this?  If so, what do you stock your work drawer with?

Can you believe it’s nearing October already?  I always get inspiration in the leaf-littered, full moon, windy days of October.  The sunsets up here in the high desert are hauntingly beautiful.  So now comes the question for my wife and I of where to get the kids’ Halloween costumes.  We already have seen a few seasonal stores open up along our main road in town but we haven’t had the best luck at those places in the past.  I find myself drawn more to Halloween Costume Stores.  Let me explain some cons we experienced last year shopping locally:

1. They didn’t have a cowboy hat for our little girl (cowgirl).
2. The costumes were strewn all across the ground.
3. Kids were vandalizing masks in fron of us and the teenage help did nothing -and-
4. There just wasn’t much of a selection.
5. We left empty handed and made our costumes out of our old clothes and props in the closet.

My kind friend and fellow blogger JeanGrey over at Letters from the Soul has published another guest blog of mine. I wrote this one about those holiday stresses in the family when you feel like you have to drive over hill and dale to get to those sometimes not-so-thrilling get togethers. See what you think of my decision this year to stay home safe and sound with the wife and kids. How do you handle boundaries with loved ones? If you’re interested in reading my article, it is linked at the url below:

url: lettersfromthesoul.com/2008/03/22/setting-boundari...

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