Deb Smouse

And for those folks who have a February 29th Birthday: Much love and many happy returns!!!

I was blonde yesterday for about 30 minutes.
It was way too light for me….so she toned it for me.
It’s caramel.  not a bit of red

I have been wanting to get away for a few days. When I mentioned this to my mother on the phone today, she didn’t get it. I spend the bulk of my days not at home and when I think about taking a break…I don’t want to be home….I want to GO places.
It’s been [...]

When I packed yesterday, I got everything, right?
Wrong.
Don’t you think it would be at least a little helpful for me to pack a 2nd pair of pants?  You know, something to wear other than the jeans I wore on my (very very late) flight here?  And, of course since I grabbed a snack to keep [...]

Ages ago, I was diagnosed as an ENTJ on the Meyer’s Briggs Type Indicator….the “E” part meaning “extrovert”….but when I am out in public alone….i tend to be more of an introvert…. watching the folks around me. I like the interaction of couples….the seasoned road warriors, and the harried parents….
I am noticing this because [...]

I had planned on spending this weekend getting caught up on work.  Three meetings last week means three sets of minutes as well as the need to work on  a matrix.
But.  I didn’t.  I spent time with kiddos…and decided work wasn’t really…..in the forefront of my mind as much as it had been on Thursday [...]

Quiet….but my camera has been out….. I won’t bore you with all the photos of my travels, but just a couple of favorites…. I have been blessed with beautiful weather when I’ve been out and about. 70’s when I was in New Orleans. My favorite photo of Jackson Square - [...]

I really love to travel.  I do.
But I am needing a couple of solid days in one place that doesn’t involve work.
I’ve been from Dallas to New Orleans to Oklahoma to Richmond to Oklahoma in the last couple of weeks.  I think my head is too busy when I am traveling like this - and [...]

I know I have been incredibly remiss in my delay to obtain documentation to leave the country.  But last month, I finally did everything I needed to do and awaiting me on my desk when I got home…
My very own passport.
In the past, I’ve only traveled to locations that necessitated a birth certificate as proof [...]

I denied it as best I could….but the tightening in my chest and cough meant full-blown bronchitis.  I stopped at the “Minute Clinic” thing on the way to the airport on Monday, and got a prescription for some antibiotics.
Granted, you have to stand on one foot and turn around three times after taking them…. (joking).  [...]

I have this constant dialog going in my head most of the time. At home, the dialog tells me that I should be doing some laundry or dishes instead of writing. It’s an absolutely BEAUTIFUL day today, so I thought getting out would help the voices say “it’s a beautiful day - [...]

Born:  December 2006.
Not quite dead.  But fatally injured.
Subject:  my Gateway Laptop
yep.  Poor little laptop.  All the traveling - the in and out of xray - the opening and closing everytime it’s moved or packed.
The CD Driver stopped working about a month ago.  And Friday night, the left hinge cracked and exposed it’s little wires.
I was [...]