It’s been a quiet week over here. Not business – that’s about to bust at the seams. But personally? Kinda lonely. My best friend’s been buried in work stuff lately—she’s surrounded by people all day, and by the time she’s done, she doesn’t have a lot left in the...
I still do an Easter egg hunt for my 18-year-old son. It’s not Pinterest perfect and it’s not Christmas. Just a few mini eggs stuffed in drawers and coat pockets and laundry baskets. There’s always a “winning” egg. The last one standing. This year, it was...
We were in a meeting this week—talking through some new features we need to add to our software to make sure it handles international taxes properly. Y’know, like how Canada tracks GST. And then one of the partners casually drops: “Oh well, we don’t need to worry...
I just spent 30 minutes printing 10 black and white sheets of text. Not a typo. You know what I could do? Buy a new computer. Transfer everything over properly. Stop using my busted laptop as a weird, Frankenstein monitor-keyboard hybrid that mocks me every time...
My best friend and I lived together during COVID. Completely Yahtzee’d out, we turned to a very old hobby, scrapbooking. It’s been well over a decade since I was deep in this hobby so a lot of memories have piled up. A book for our trip to...
A cautionary tale The weather finally turned to double digits this week! As I sat at my desk facing the window and watching the sunshine hit the water, I decided to go for a walk. From my new digs, I walk 15 minutes along the river, cross the street...