Friday, January cold, 2004
Hello everyone:
I take it back ... the brash statement, "I've been here for 17 months and I've never been cold." I got cold a couple days ago. I got up, got dressed, fed the dogs and cats, sat down to look at the paper and have breakfast, and realized I was COLD. So I did the sensible thing: turned the thermostat up to 72 degrees and went back to bed, which is the warmest place in the house. I guess it was inevitable; paradise does have a few flaws. :)
And I rearranged my office in the basement so that my desk is directly under the hot air vent in the ceiling. It actually was a brilliant move; i have more room, and am using the space much more efficiently. I'm planning on adding a large office/den onto the house in the spring. will almost double my main floor square footage, and I won't have to deal with a basement that refuses to be comfortable either summer or winter ... and the biggest plus ........ i'll have a 6 foot window looking out to the North, which is a glorious vista of lawn, trees, space and across the road a cornfield and farm house beyond. It has all the advantages of living on a farm, without actually being that isolated. I'm in the last house on Third Avenue heading north, if you ever come by.
The animals are all welll; getting older, but still vigorous. They don't spend much time outside; more like out the door, whizz, back in the door. The cats have also wised up; if they go out, it's only into the garage area, and within minutes they are looking at the back door with very large eyes.
I'm off to Florida (yayyy) on February 17 to be in my niece's wedding in Pembroke Pines on February 21. I plan to visit friends, have breakfast at Carol's Kozy Kitchen in Miami Springs, and hang out with my friend, Carol Everett. We're looking for her spring visit to SoDak when she'll come to stay a month and see more of my great state. She's still speechless from the trip last July. I think the Cathedral on the Prairie in Hoven , the flyover of the B-1 bomber on the 4th of July in Frederick (my town of 250 people), and her 3 day trip to the Black HIlls with my sister, my niece and baby Isabelle left her with a permanently stunned. We're looking forward to a great trip this year, maybe even an RV weekend, if it's warm enough in April.
I'm also VERY EXCITED to be doing a keynote speech at the Southeast Regional Coaches Conference in Raleigh, NC in April. Their theme, The Architechture of Great Coaching, is brilliant, and I'm very much looking forward to spending time with friends and colleagues.
Champ, the kitten, will be 4 months old on February 1. He's so special I can hardly express it. His little stripes are getting darker, even on his tail. He's a brown and pink-striped kitty. He has golden eyes. Wow, what a beauty. He's a little small for his age, but is very healthy and the absolute love of my life. ....... well, there are a few others ... I have to figure how to put a picture of him on the blog. You''ll fall in love.
I joined the YMCA to start a regular exercise routine. My dear brother Gary gave me two months free for Christmas. It's a 28 mile drive and of course peeling off 3 or 4 layers of clothes, but the pool is big and bright and WARM, and the dressing room area and hot tub and very inviting. So maybe this self-care will help with the cold-induced aches.
I am as happy as I can remember personally and professionally. It's a blessing. Hope you find the peace and freedom you deserve, as well.
Until tomorrow, shirley
Hi sis firstime to type back after ckin in on here. i drop by now & then just to see whats up
and it looks like u need to up date this just a little bit. im still out of the tralier, no power or water so it is still not inhabita liveive in
a warehouse,not great, not bad, better off than most, not as good as i like.
love, Bro Boo
Posted by: Bruce Anderson | September 09, 2004 at 10:43 PM