Thursday, March 31, 2016

Wednesday, March 30, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0330



You have an ambitious nature
and may make a name for
yourself


Lucky Numbers
50,  16,  55,  26,  42,  27





Tuesday, March 29, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0329



Failure is the Mother of Success


Lucky Numbers
16,  54,  29,  30,  8,  40





Monday, March 28, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0328



Follow the middle path. Neither
extremes will make you happy.


Lucky Numbers
55,  39,  24,  45,  14,  28






Sunday, March 27, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0327



Happiness is enjoying what you
got. Never from what you want.


Lucky Numbers
26,  19,  24,  27,  9,  30





Saturday, March 26, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0326



You are only as old as you act.


Lucky Numbers
10,  44,  6,  21,  8,  40





Friday, March 25, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0325



If you refuse to accept anything 
but the best, you very often get it.


Lucky Numbers
23,  16,  11,  17,  13,  6





Thursday, March 24, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0324



You always have the right
answers; they just sometimes ask
the wrong questions.


Lucky Numbers
7,  53,  15,  16,  38,  47






Wednesday, March 23, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0323



You will experience small 
success, especially in romance.


Lucky Numbers
12,  19,  38,  39,  10,  25





Tuesday, March 22, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0322



Four basic premises of writing:
clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.


Lucky Numbers
51,  8,  17,  2,  35,  1






Monday, March 21, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0321



You are sociable and entertaining.


Lucky Numbers
34,  56,  53,  37,  41,  26






Sunday, March 20, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0320



Grand adventures await those
who are willing to turn the corner.


Lucky Numbers
9,  41,  17,  37,  54,  46






Saturday, March 19, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0319



You are very grateful for the
small pleasures in life.


Lucky Numbers
9,  47,  14,  45,  38,  15





Friday, March 18, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0318



Writing is a craft not an art.


Lucky Numbers
51,  18,  33,  27,  11,  36





Thursday, March 17, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0317



Genius is nothing but a great
aptitude for patience.


Lucky Numbers
38,  39,  19,  33,  55,  28






Wednesday, March 16, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0316



Your desire to protect the people
around you is appropriate.


Lucky Numbers
34,  10,  17,  8,  22,  3





Tuesday, March 15, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0315



Be Patient! The Great Wall didn't
got build in one day.


Lucky Numbers
29,  48,  13,  44,  10,  17





Monday, March 14, 2016

All that it holds

These last two weeks have been a whirlwind - so much so that I’m just now realizing that neither child has school this week and I don’t have to go to work.  (Yes, I am still working as an ICT - I'm no longer mentoring or managing the team.)

Why? Because it’s spring break.

And somehow I missed that.

It all began as a fluke ‘Cool! I'm going to go for it.’ (Wait, isn’t that similar to how Project Purpose started?)

That was followed by a stream of emails, a flurry of meetings, lots of learning and then, disbelief with a lot of pinching myself.

I’m not entirely sure of what I was expecting, but with each passing day I have grown more more excited, and nervous.

After the change in my responsibilities at work left me lagging and looking for a creative outlet, but before my last post, Charles sent forwarded me a Reddit entry in which the owner of a local blogging network mentioned that they were looking for a writer.

So, I tossed my hat into the ring, put together a portfolio, cleaned up my resume and hit the ‘send’ button. And then I waited.

And, waited.
And, played with my plants.
And, waited.
And, watched TV with the kids.
And, waited some more.
And then.

My interview went well, and in the end, even with the competition that was more experienced, more familiar with the overarching subject of the blog, I got the gig.

Yes friends.
I - got - the - Gig.

SQUEEE!!!

I can now add ‘professional blogger’ to my list of occupations. The opportunity to write on a regular basis is daunting, and welcomed. Trying to write on my own, without any sort of deadline is a challenge when it feels like so many other things are demanding of my attention. Now, I have that deadline.

The blog is Farming Fort Collins and it's part of the Scoop Network, and I am excited that the ideas I’ve proposed have been enthusiastically welcomed.

My first post goes live on Wednesday. So, between now and then I need to do some serious planning, put a lot of words on ‘paper’ and hope that some of it works.

I’m indescribably excited and nervous too. And not to worry - Tales from the House of Chaos is not going anywhere.

Fingers crossed for this new opportunity and I hope to see you on the interwebs.







#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0314



Be patient, pleasant and open and
you will see more truths.


Lucky Numbers
28,  42,  7,  55,  14,  22





Sunday, March 13, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0313



A new environment makes all the
difference in the world.


Lucky Numbers
36,  24,  19,  17,  25,  33




Saturday, March 12, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0312



A day without smiling is
a day wasted.


Lucky Numbers
14,  56,  53,  29,  48,  10





Friday, March 11, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0311



If you don't do it excellently,
don't do it at all.


Lucky Numbers
14,  37,  17,  23,  3,  56






Thursday, March 10, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0310



Happiness isn't an outside job, 
it's an inside job.


Lucky Numbers
35,  25,  27,  45,  43,  53





Wednesday, March 9, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0309



Go for it. You never know
what happen next.


Lucky Numbers
22,  10, 53,  16,  51,  25





Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Chhhcchhchhhanges

If the first two months of 2016 are any indication, this year is going to be one helluva wild ride friends.

After working as the Lead ICT for several years and experiencing exponential growth each semester both in terms of clients needing service and new employees, it all became too much. One person cannot schedule, manage and mentor 17 other people at various levels of experience AND cover a full load of work.

After several long conversations and budget reviews, it was decided that a reorganization of the team was needed and in a flash, my creative outlet disappeared. I'm still finding fulfillment in covering classes and providing transcripts to my students, but it's the unpredictable nature of the Lead that I miss.

I've not known what to do with myself.

Gone is the chaos and challenges in which I thrive.

Gone is the position of teacher and mentor.

Gone is the fulfillment of seeing someone experience the joy of helping a student explore all that they are able to do once the necessary tools and services are in place.

Gone is the joy in holding together a group of people from all different walks of life, and truly enjoying each other's company and shared stories.

Gone is any sense of value in the work I've done.

Gone is so much that is intangible, and so much that has become my identity.

Gone in so many ways.

In the days after the team restructuring I grew desolate and restless, drifting from one project to another and not recalling the reason behind what inspired the project in the beginning.

Time has eased the sorrow, but now I need to find a new direction in which to focus my creative energies.

I'm looking forward to seeing what the spring has to offer.

It has to be better.






#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0308



Follow the middle path. Neither
extreme will make you happy.


Lucky Numbers
55,  39,  24,  45,  14,  28





Monday, March 7, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0307



A family reunion in the coming 
months will be a tremendous success!


Lucky Numbers
29,  37,  21,  46,  33,  24






Sunday, March 6, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0306



If you never change your mind,
why have one?


Lucky Numbers
53,  42,  55,  26,  19,  46






Saturday, March 5, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0305



If it is meant to be,
who are you to change that?
Time to believe it.


Lucky Numbers
1,  3,  42,  13,  5,  15





Friday, March 4, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0304



When three is a crowd, adding
one will often thin it out.


Lucky Numbers
44,  18,  41,  21,  35,  54






Thursday, March 3, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0303



A goal is a dream
with a deadline.


Lucky Numbers
55,  22,  54,  46,  4,  32





Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Tuesday, March 1, 2016

#DailyFortuneCookie 16-0301



You are a filial, kind and
trustworthy.


Lucky Numbers
15,  48,  28,  34,  4,  10