Remember back in March when I talked about downsizing from my Goldwing? Things have changed since then.
Life
I Thought It Would Be Easier This Time
I thought the whole empty nest thing would be easier this time. I thought because this was the third time I watched my kids move out, it wouldn’t hurt as much. This weekend, two more kids moved out. I feel old again. Or older. I was wrong about it being easier. I know I’m not Read More
Is Downsizing Always A Bad Thing?
In the business world, downsizing carries ominous undertones, because it usually means someone’s losing their job. It can happen for any number of reasons, from a national or worldwide economic downturn to technology and automation making jobs redundant. But the result is the same: the organization shrinks. Ideally, it becomes a more efficient organization, more Read More
Reading and Writing and Girl Scout Cookies
Sorry for the short post this week. It’s Girl Scout cookie season and I’ve got two daughters selling cookies. One of them is in a travel troop, so we’ve been busy! What’s a travel troop? Glad you asked (you did ask, didn’t you?). Normally when a Girl Scout sells cookies, a portion goes to her Read More
Genealogy Profile: Johann Carl Müller, My Great-Grandfather
Johann Carl Müller or John Charles Mueller is my paternal great-grandfather. The fifth of eight children born to Johann Heinrich Müller and Susanna Gertrude Wenzel, I believe he was the first of their children to immigrate to the United States.