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Broken Bone
After walking around for three weeks with a sore right foot, the retired nurse finally went to the doctor and discovered she has a fractured fifth metatarsal. That this the the long foot bone attached to the pinkie toe. Now I am clunking around with this boot for four weeks. I hope it works so…
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Not Moving
We decided not to move to Virginia after all. The house is off the market and we have a decluttered house. It just wasn’t the right fit for us. We will stay here for awhile and put off the retirement community idea indefinitely.
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Family Gathering in Washington
Dan and his nephew and four neices gathered at Sequim, Washington for a family get-together. It was the first time for many of them seeing each other in 40 years. We stayed for several days with Tim and Adrianne in Port Angeles. We also took the ferry to Victoria, BC and then the train to…
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Achievement Award
I received the Georgia AAUW Women of Achievement award at the April state convention but I was not in attendence. It was nice that I was presented the award at the Summer Leaderhip meeting held in July. It was for the work I did on revamping the state website. It is now on a WordPress…
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AAUW Convention
Peggy Woods-Clark, AAUW webmanager, asked me to speak at the two technology sessions during the convention. I did a 20 minute presentation on AAUW Tools: What Every State Leader Needs to Know. Peggy was the other presenter. I also participated as a panel member about tools. I covered Social Tools. It was an honor to…
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Carmelite Monastery
Heather and I headed off to Pittsford, NY to visit my sister, the Sister at the Carmelite Monastery. Heather hadn’t seen her for 12 years. We enjoyed our visit spread over a late afternoon and morning before we headed to Baltimore to visit our parents. She visits behind the grate as you can see from…
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TransAtlantic Cruise
We’re back after 26 days on the Celebrity Century. We shipped from Miami April 25 for a trans-Atlantic cruise stopping in Madeira, Spain, France, Dover, England and ending the first leg in Amsterdam. We stayed on board for a 12-day Baltic capitals cruise with stops in Warnemunde, Germany, Stockholm, Helinski, St. Petersburg, Russia, Tallinn, Estonia…
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WordPress and Me
I have been spending the last few months revamping the AAUW Georgia website from a traditional site requiring HTML and coding beyond most members to a WordPress content management system. It rolls out at the annual meeting on April 25. I won’t be there as Dan and I will be a the Celebrity Century heading…