What season is the height for furniture sales? You guessed it – the fall! Why? Because the holidays are coming, and people are getting ready to host parties and have guests visiting. A new (or bigger) dining room table is in order, or perhaps a new guest room bed, or new living room furniture. For a furniture dealer, the fall is about putting the most into advertising. For the advertising agency, fall means a lot of jobs in! Busy busy!…
This morning I stepped outside on my way to work and discovered there was a delicious crispness in the air (I think delicious is my newest favorite adjective). Fall is coming! The trees are still full and green, but the air brings promise of hot apple cider and crackling fires and comfy sweaters. I might prefer warmth over coolness, but I do embrace each change of seasons – especially spring and autumn! I am glad to live in a place…
Originally published on September 19th, 2006 at Onward & Upward I have been out the past week or so because I’ve actually been quite sick! I’m all better now, thanks to the nice doctors in the emergency room. :-) I don’t have anything insightful to share from my weekend in the sickbed, except that I have a wonderful husband who sure knows how to step up to the plate and take care of me! He is truly wonderful, and I…
Friday lunchtime I was sitting on my couch eating lunch when all of the sudden, I got a headache. I thought it was a little weird, but I ignored it hoping it would go away. A few hours later, I finally took some Excedrin Migraine, which usually kills the headaches, but it didn’t help. I woke up with the headache on Saturday morning, and proceeded to vomit all of my dinner from the night before. I did this constantly all…
You know those days where you don’t want to get up? Where the entire day you just want to go back to bed? Yeah, today is one of those days. It’s raining today. I could hear it all night, steadily raining. I don’t mind the rain, really, especially when thunder and lightning do not accompany it. The rain just makes me sleepy and lethargic. I always call these “Jane Eyre” days, because they make me want to curl up in…