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Time to Spend and to Save

March 9, 2007 by Liz

I've been thinking . . .

“Beginning in 2007, most of the United States begins Daylight Saving Time at 2:00 a.m. on the second Sunday in March . . ” This year that is March 11.

The clocks are about to change. I heard a bird yesteday. Soon it will be spring. I hope I get to see it. The tulips are my favorite.

My life has started speeding up. Gee, like it hasn’t been fast all along. Projects are reaching their launch. Big events are happening. SOBcon is one week. My son graduates from college the next. How can time go by faster than it already has?

Spring forward one hour — one hour less. I don’t need less. More might be useful.

Daylight Savings Time. Who is saving mine? I only know who is spending it. That would be me.

Sometimes, without thinking, I spend and save time simultaneously.

We’re on the porch in Massachusetts. My husband is fixing my glasses. My son smiled, “So, you finally found a use for him.”

We’re in the living room in Illinois. I wrote a poem for a kindergarten lesson. “You think you’re five, but you’re only four-thirty,” joked my husband.

I hear my father saying, “If you sleep on the floor, you’ll never have to worry about falling out of bed.”

My my older, older brother called on our 23rd wedding anniversary. “Tell your husband I said he chose wisely.”

When I was small, time was huge, unending, constantly thrusting me forward. But that’s not time, no, not really. Time’s not a moving, unbending force upon me.

Time is a paradox of meaningful or meaningless moments. We can lose track of it We can waste it or wait for our time to be over.

If we’re lucky we find that time is the one thing we can spend by living and save in memories..

Spring back and breathe.

I don’t need to save time, or find time or make more time in my life.

I need to spend more time that I can save as memories.

Liz's Signature
via letting me be

Filed Under: Business Life, Community, Motivation, Successful Blog Tagged With: balance, bc, Ive-been-thinking, thinking, time-for-life

What Did We Talk About? Elvis, of course!

March 7, 2007 by Liz

We Talked About Elvis and Other Stuff

It was a busy night. The conversations included Elvis, Blue Suede Shoes, Jail House Rock, Las Vegas, … Elvis impersonators, Heartbreak Hotel, bingo, Elvis wall clocks, the Askimet monster, American Idol and House, … crayons and superheroes, Girl Scout cookies, Ricky Nelson, Cadillacs, Graceland, and … a marriage proposal while singing an Elvis song. Wow! You can read all about it in the comments section.

Here are the links we shared.

  • A Little Less Conversation
  • Customer-centric Jobs
  • Don to Earth
  • DVD Elvis Magic
  • walk on water
  • black velvet painting.
  • Author’s Den
  • SEE THAT COMPUTER GENERATED PICTURE …
  • THIS IS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE TODAY ..
  • Here’s a picture of my dad [HART] at my wedding back in 2002 ..
  • Podblaze
  • Ben Spot
  • Mephis on a Road Trip

Joe was there (first again!). So were Char, Delaney, Marti, Robert, Monique, Douglas, Rick, cat, Tariq, Brooke, Renée, Francie, Terry, HART, Darren, Rodney, Glenda, GP, David, Sean, Sheila, Tony, Trevor, and of course Chris brought the Klondike Bars.

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for being part of the conversation.

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

WANT TO GUEST HOST AN OPEN COMMENT NIGHT WITH ME? PICK A THEME AND TELL ME ABOUT IT. C’MON IT’LL BE FUN!

Filed Under: Blog Comments, Community, Links, Marketing /Sales / Social Media, Outside the Box, SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, discussion, letting_off_steam, living-social-media, Open_Comment_Night

The Mic Is On: We’re Talking about Elvis!

March 6, 2007 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

We’re Shaking it Up, Talking About Elvis!

Elvis

We might also talk about

  • his movies
  • his songs
  • is he alive?
  • has he left the building?
  • were we born before he died?
  • Graceland
  • who is the new Elvis?
  • other rock stars

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

Oh, and bring a link to share, if you have one.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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Open Mic 7pm Chgo Time: We’re Talking About Elvis

March 6, 2007 by Liz

Yes the Mic Will Be on Tonight

Join Us Tonight for Tues. Open Comments

The Topic is Elvis! (and other rock stars)

We’re talking about Elvis – his movies, his songs, whether he is alive, has he left the building, whether you were born before he died, Graceland, who is the new Elvis, and whatever else comes up. And we could talk about other rock stars, too.

Oh, and bring a link to share, if you have one.

The rules are simple — be nice.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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We Talked About the Weather . . .

February 28, 2007 by Liz

The Weather

Everyone talks about the weather, but we did more than that. Plenty of folks brought cool links to share. We’ve got them all right here.

  • My winter photos on Flickr.
  • Thunderbolt Tours
  • To watch one or a thunderstorm is an emotional rush
  • change a bulb, change everything.
  • Spin the Wheel of Lunch!
  • Texas has one of the best manuals on rain water harvesting
  • You should check it out for your blog. It’s amazing. Hungry for hunger
  • Sydney Bureau of Meterology
  • Thunderstorm radar image
  • Storm about to hit in Sydney
  • The SOBcon 07 blog
  • Glenda’s Weather Story

Who Says We Don’t Like to Talk about the Weather?

Tornadoes were the star of the show until late, late, in the 300s. Then Cat and Rodney each told a compelling story about a wild fire. Beyond can you guess who was the one who woke up with a cat and new kittens? Who was the one who decided to help us name a new business>

  1. Joe
  2. Char
  3. Marti
  4. Becky McCray
  5. Jim Turner
  6. Carolyn Manning
  7. Rick Cockrum
  8. Sheila at Family Travel
  9. Kristen King
  10. Sean
  11. Lisa
  12. Robert Hruzek
  13. John Richardson
  14. Chris Cree
  15. Leah Maclean
  16. Sandra Renshaw
  17. Douglas
  18. Brooke
  19. GP
  20. Glenda Watson Hyatt
  21. Rodney Rumford
  22. cat
  23. Mike

Thanks to everyone for the cool links and for the conversation.

See you next Tuesday? I sure hope so.
–ME “Liz” Strauss

What is Tuesday Open Comment Night?

WANT TO GUEST HOST AN OPEN COMMENT NIGHT WITH ME? PICK A THEME AND TELL ME ABOUT IT. C’MON IT’LL BE FUN!

Filed Under: Community, SOB Business, Successful Blog Tagged With: bc, blog_promotion, discussion, letting_off_steam, living-social-media, Open_Comment_Night

The Mic Is On: Let’s Talk About the Weather!

February 27, 2007 by Liz

It’s Like Open Mic Only Different

The Mic Is On

Here’s how it works.

It’s like any rambling conversation. Don’t try to read it all. Jump in whenever you get here. Just go to the end and start talking. EVERYONE is WELCOME.
The rules are simple — be nice.

There are always first timers and new things to talk about. It’s sort of half “Cheers” part “Friends” and part video game. You don’t know how much fun it is until you try it.

Weather Montage

Let’s Share Weather Stories. . .

We might talk about

  • Weird weather stories
  • Weather we love to experience
  • Weather that’s beautiful
  • How weather got in our way
  • How weather saved the day

And, whatever else comes up, including THE EVER POPULAR, Basil the code-writing donkey.

–ME “Liz” Strauss

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