August 2nd, 2011 | by Jeri | published in Life
I decided to start my new 101 things in 1001 days list off with a bang by giving myself thirty days of fun. Item #24 requires I give myself thirty days of fun for each year it takes me to complete this list. Since I am not scheduled to finish my 101 things until mid-2014, [...]
March 8th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
I recently purchased a Nintendo DS Lite and I love it. It’s small, it’s streamlined, and it’s pink. What’s not to love? Granted, I haven’t removed it from the box… but when I do, I know I’ll love it. And therein lies the problem. I have a confession to make. I love toys. I love shiny, new, fun toys. And if they come in pink, so much the better. You see once I unwrap that perfect little pink toy I’m going to be spending copious amounts of time on it. And right now with the school Talent Show, two ongoing contracts, a new upcoming contract, a potential move and tending to one Meemsy, one Bear and one Drue, the spare time I have is spent sleeping and taking the occasional shower. Which, believe it or not, I do… on occasion.
March 3rd, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
I’m not entirely sure how to sum up the last seven days of my life. It feels a bit like teleporting. At least, it feels like I’d imagine teleporting would feel. You know, you start in one place and then you feel yourself get all split apart and then all of a sudden you’re in an entirely NEW and different place but are all together. The latest, newest and biggest news is that the Gloeges have gone all “I Can’t Believe We’re Not Vegan”. And by that I mean that we’re not vegan in that we are not going to swear off meat forever. I’m sorry but I need the real deal at Thanksgiving. Tofurkey is not going to cut it. And I’d rather give up anything else in the universe food-wise except sushi. So there may be an occasional noshing of the raw fish. But otherwise, we have given up meat, dairy, raw sugar and white, processed foods. How and why we decided to do this is a whole ‘nother post – and one that may be posted over where my new project (TBA soon!) lives, but suffice it to say that we, as a family, have never eaten or pooped so well. And that’s all I’m saying about that. You can thank me later.
February 26th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
Mimir goes by many names – Meer, Meemsy, Pooh Bear, Tiger Cat. And then there is my personal favorite – Mimir Damnit – which is probably the name the cat is called more than any of the others. Granted, in the past, calling the cat “Damnit” has gotten me in trouble. Who can ever forget [...]
February 22nd, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
As many of you know, Jason and I have lived together, post-divorce, since November of 2006. Drue and I moved from the Research Triangle Park are of North Carolina to the Fairfax area near Washington DC. Why we moved is a post in and unto itself, so we’ll leave it for another time. Suffice it to say that we moved and he moved and somehow, thanks to the financial reality of NoVA aka being ridiculously overpriced in everything, we ended up living together. And living together is not something we do really well. Which is why we got a divorce in the first place. But we made the most of a difficult situation and are looking forward to the day when we no longer live together. Like by this summer. Sorry. I had to go throw a small party for us for a second there. But again, I deviate from the topic at hand and in my brain and it is DYING to get out! So shall I continue? Yes, I think I shall…
January 26th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
2010 has started off with a bang. When I look back six months ago and the level of unhappiness in my life verses today and the level of satisfaction and happiness I feel, I know that I am one lucky girl. When I wrote my list of 101 things in 1001 days, I had no idea that my little company would explode, bringing in enough income to support myself and another developer along with the occasional freelancer. Wow! I am not complaining but I do find myself split between doing what I want work-wise and doing what I want life-wise. The beauty of my overarching goal is that I do have 1001 days to accomplish all 101 things; however, 1001 days is a finite time and I want to make sure I 1) have a plan of attack to ensure I don’t lose sight of my goals and 2) accomplish them in a way that allows me to enjoy the process. Life is a journey, not a destination and I don’t want this to become a checklist of things to do. The purpose was to get me out of my comfort zone and to ensure I am LIVING and experiencing my life. To lose the joy of the process means I miss the real point of creating this list in the first place.
January 9th, 2010 | by Jeri | published in Life
I don’t think any other image sums up Drue and Mimir’s relationship as well as this one. Do I need to say more?
December 31st, 2009 | by Jeri | published in Life
On December 31, 2008, I was sitting at Office of Personnel Management, sending out 45,312 emails to GoLearn users who were on the system but not paying for their usage. I was also dealing with two new hires that I regretted hiring about a week after they were brought on board. But they were my hires and I was stuck with them and all the good, bad and ugly of my soul-sucking job. I hadn’t yet lost all hope and accepted that the only good was the fat paycheck so with great naivete and hope, I updated my facebook status to read “2009 will be the best year yet”. The funny thing is that it was!
December 23rd, 2009 | by Jeri | published in Life
Last night I peeked at my progress on my 101 things in 1001 days list and, to be honest, it’s not great. Sure, I managed to juggle building my company and landing those first few, all-important contracts while running the Drama Club program at Drue’s school. And that is an accomplishment in and of itself. And I managed those long 60 plus hour work weeks without consuming a drop of soda. And I managed one Daring Cooks challenge back in late October but I did not have the time to really give the challenge a lot of thought and due diligence so I want to repeat the challenges for that month as well as take on November’s, December’s and January’s challenges during the month’s of January and February. Did I mention I’ve brought in two contracts for my company with an upcoming third and fourth contracts pending in the wings? Granted, movement on them is slow since I am splitting my time between business development, filing paperwork to make this company a reality and the actual work of the company. I have a part time developer, may have found a full time developer (won’t say definite until he’s actually hired), and have a freelance graphic designer on stand-by for some upcoming projects in the spring. Sure, that’s pretty good but I know I’d be doing twice the work if I had been well for the bulk of my fall season. The flu came a’ knockin in late October followed immediately by a double bout of bronchitis. These two illnesses cut a swath though the time, energy and well-being of the Gloege family and I, for one, am sick of being sick.
