Posted July 5th, 2009 by Kimberly Dowd
A lifetime ago, I took two Disney cruises. The cruise ship had a spa which included such amazing indulgences as scented showers and heated ceramic-tile loungers. I cannot impress upon you how amazing it is sit in a steam room, then take a minty shower and lie on a heated chair to dry off, surrounded [...]
Tags: layoffs
Posted December 3rd, 2008 by Kimberly Dowd
My eyebrows: I can’t find my tweezers. Have I mentioned that since I hit 36 some eyebrow hairs grow straight out from my head instead of laying to the side like its peers? Cosmo magazine has not adequately prepared me for my mid-30s. My face: I had a very nice Proactiv/Hope in a Jar regimen [...]
Tags: layoffs
Posted December 2nd, 2008 by Kimberly Dowd
I have a lame word of the day calendar. I say lame because I want insane polysyllabic words that’ll make me sound smarter, and on November 13, the word of the day was actually “weird.” Today’s word: Pyrrhic: adj \ achieved at excessive cost; also: costly to the point of negating or outweighing expected benefits. [...]
Tags: grief, layoffs
Posted November 30th, 2008 by Kimberly Dowd
And the and the end of National Blog Posting Month, which I completed with flying colors. Huzzah! Thirty days of blog posts! Thirty days of … well, navel-gazing and such. I know I was to finish up the Black Friday wrap up tonight, but this coming week is layoff week at work. It may happen [...]
Tags: I work for a living, layoffs, nablopomo