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Photo by Steve Holden** World Upside Down Like I mentioned at the start of last month's monthly Thoughts & Tips blog post (November 2018), my Mom passed away unexpectedly on October 31, 2018, and since then that has been my main focus (grieving, family, planning, paperwork, coordination, decisions, etc). The…
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Like I mentioned in my November Update, I recently watched this great documentary about bourbon called "Neat." This got me started on a deep dive on bourbons (and whiskeys). I'm going to update this post throughout the next month or so until I reach a good point of wrapping up my…
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Very Sad News The majority of this post was written before I learned that my wonderful mother – Marlies Holden – passed away unexpectedly yesterday (10-31-2018). I am currently at the airport leaving for Sacramento. Please pray for me, my family, and all those hurting right now. Image by rawpixel.com…
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Image by rawpixel.com Health Update Things are slowly getting better. The Pilates classes I have been taking are really making a difference. My core is really getting stronger. I did pretty well on my 2nd Sprint Triathlon beating my expected time by a couple of minutes: Technology I finally broke…
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Picture from RawPixel Thrown For A Curve (Update) See July update for my first report on my recent lower back injury with sciatica down my left leg. Things are improving, but I'm still having numbness on my left foot and periodic spasms & tightening on my calf and glute…
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Picture from RawPixel Thrown For A Curve On the morning of June 5th I tried to sit down in my office chair before going to work, and suffered some major lower back pain and sciatica down my left leg. In an instant, I was pretty much in deep pain and immobile.…
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Photo by kindfolk on Unsplash Technology I took one of my Wyze cameras on travel in May to Washington, DC with me to watch over all my gear in my hotel room while I was at out of the room. It worked out well. No issues. I am moving from a Windows 7 HP tablet/laptop…
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Back in February 2018, I was blessed to be able to take a two-day course taught by Mike Foster at his Rescue Academy live event. I was introduced to Mike via his Fun Therapy Podcast from the Relevant magazine, and many of the stories in Season One of Fun Therapy…
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Photo by Tod Seitz on Unsplash Technology The new Wyze camera is working out great. I've also gotten the Android app to run on my Chromebook which makes monitoring at home much easier. Thankful For I have completed three Vital Smarts' new 1-day Getting Things Done (GTD) at work and I'm now a Certified GTD Trainer! …
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Photo by Hudson Hintze on Unsplash Technology I used the Pisen Wireless Presenter Laser Pointer 2500 for teaching my first GTD course. I found myself using the mouse I had hooked up to my computer more. I think that when I'm teaching, at least in the beginning, I like being anchored to my…
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