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Noise Canceling Earbuds: Miracle or Waste of Money?

wendy

Apr 29, 20161 min read

Noise Canceling Earbuds: Miracle or Waste of Money?

This is a question I’ve asked myself for a while, but I’ll soon find out. Hoping the answer will be “miracle”. 🙂 After hearing many of...

wendy

Apr 21, 20164 min read

Olá Lisboa: Lisbon in April

I’ve always wanted to travel around Europe – I just hadn’t planned on doing it one country per month in the same year, but that’s how...

wendy

Apr 17, 20165 min read

Getting Past My Fear of Flying

If you’ve had a look at my travel list , you might notice that over the last few years, I’ve been traveling fairly regularly and to some...

wendy

Mar 19, 20161 min read

Getting Help from Amazon by Phone

I’ve had quite a few friends and family wonder how to get an Amazon customer service rep on the phone, so instead of going through the...

wendy

Sep 7, 20153 min read

Yellowstone: Days 4 to 7

Our itinerary for our last few days in the Yellowstone area was: A day in the town of West Yellowstone, visiting the Grizzly and Wolf...

Yellowstone Day 3: rafting, fly fishing, and zip lining

wendy

Sep 3, 20155 min read

Yellowstone Day 3: rafting, fly fishing, and zip lining

Our itinerary for our third day in the Yellowstone area was: White water rafting, fly fishing, and ziplining in Gallatin, Montana. (This...

Yellowstone Day 2: Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower-Roosevelt areas

wendy

Aug 31, 20156 min read

Yellowstone Day 2: Mammoth Hot Springs and Tower-Roosevelt areas

Our itinerary for our second day in Yellowstone was: Mammoth Hot Springs area, Tower-Roosevelt area, wagon ride and cookout (This is...

Yellowstone Day 1: Madison, Norris, and Canyon, Lake, and Grant Village areas

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Aug 27, 20154 min read

Yellowstone Day 1: Madison, Norris, and Canyon, Lake, and Grant Village areas

Our itinerary for first day into the park was: Madison, Norris, Canyon Village, and Lake Village/Bridge Bay and Grant Village areas (This...

West Yellowstone Area and Yellowstone National Park

wendy

Aug 24, 20153 min read

West Yellowstone Area and Yellowstone National Park

We met another tourist from Florida and traded cameras to take shots of each other at the Yellowstone National Park sign, west entrance...

Why Do We Choose to Do Difficult Things for Fun?

wendy

Aug 16, 20152 min read

Why Do We Choose to Do Difficult Things for Fun?

What compels us to take up hobbies or pursuits that are sometimes difficult or even painful? Photo Credit: Sasquatch I via Compfight cc...

wendy

Aug 6, 20151 min read

My New Favorite Dictionary?

I came across the link to this dictionary in a conversation at work (can’t remember exactly which one) and thought I would share. It’s...

Scenic and Quirky Idaho (bet you thought they only had potatoes there)

wendy

Jul 1, 20153 min read

Scenic and Quirky Idaho (bet you thought they only had potatoes there)

We left Jackson and drove west through yet another section of Idaho to meet up with the other half of our group in Ashton, Idaho on our...

Grand Teton National Park and Jackson, Wyoming

wendy

Jun 30, 20154 min read

Grand Teton National Park and Jackson, Wyoming

Grand Teton National Park We got up early for our first full day of our western vacation , determined to make the most of our only full...

wendy

Jun 29, 20152 min read

How the West Was Won – Vacation Edition

After 12 days, 4,800 air miles, 2 national parks, 4 states, and almost 1,500 miles on the rental car, our western vacation is complete....

Celebrating 10 Years of WordPress.com & Automattic

wendy

Jun 26, 20151 min read

Celebrating 10 Years of WordPress.com & Automattic

Automattic and WordPress.com: 10 years and still going strong! Here’s to the next 10! WordPress.com News This year marks the 10th...

wendy

May 5, 20152 min read

Lessons from Bill Walsh

I’ve been on a personal/professional development reading kick recently and I just finished reading The Score Takes Care of Itself: My...

wendy

May 3, 20151 min read

Camp NaNoWriMo 2015

Winner, winner, chicken dinner, y’all! Camp NaNo, which just wrapped up at the end of April is a much more laid back version of the main...

How to Annoy Readers: Ending a Book Without Ending the Story

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May 2, 20152 min read

How to Annoy Readers: Ending a Book Without Ending the Story

As part of my effort to whittle down my pile of books waiting to be read , I chose one to read last week that had been sitting on my...

You Know You’ve Gotten Used to Working from Home When…

wendy

Apr 28, 20151 min read

You Know You’ve Gotten Used to Working from Home When…

I spent almost the entire day today working in my pajamas. My son came home from school and found me tapping away at the keyboard in my...

wendy

Apr 25, 20151 min read

Quote: Leo Rosten on Writing

“The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it.” ~Leo Rosten #beingawriter #LeoRosten #quote #writing

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