tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40728905445572469262024-03-05T10:20:27.497-06:00CafeKelCapturing life one moment at a time...GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.comBlogger238125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-61100992620469823782013-01-01T16:45:00.000-06:002013-02-07T14:48:52.474-06:00Aspire...Another year has come and gone and so it is that we change the calendar, make promises to ourselves, believe in superstions and look towards tomorrow a little more hopeful than yesterday because we want to believe that what lies ahead is better than what has already past. Perhaps it will be and perhaps we still have a few lessons we need to learn in this ever changing life of ours, but one GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-85906132058145514022012-12-28T11:36:00.001-06:002013-02-07T14:48:52.481-06:00Year in Review...BelieveOnce again, it has been quiet around these pages. This is not for lack of things to say, but rather my hesitation in saying anything at all. A lot has transpired over the course of the last 12 months and while change is not always "easy" it is always necessary if we want to continue to grow.I started this year like I do any other year - a shiny, hopeful outlook. There is GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-31668219973579380382012-09-19T08:00:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.469-06:00Putting the I in...It's been said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. I don't like to believe there is truth in that statement, however there are days when I question what I believe...today is one of those days.I, by default, tend to put the "I" in b*tch...especially when I am not comfortable in my environment. That is not to say that I am typically the big B....however I am closed off GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-13750057529283251142012-09-12T08:00:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.454-06:00Wanting to be NeededMost of the time around here I talk about communication - talking about what we want, saying what we need, telling others that they matter, praising someone for their actions, but I fail to ever mention (and maybe because I tend to forget it exists) the many unspoken aspects of life that are just as important in a balanced work/life relationship.The last few months have been a bit quiet around GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-80613007161984642112012-06-12T09:44:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.478-06:00MotivationI've struggled a lot lately with the idea of "loving" what you do, of "living" for what you do. For me, my work is both, I love what I do and what I do drives me to push farther every day. My work is my passion...seeing something grow, change, morph - become better than it was before is what I live for.I will admit that there have been certain times in my career where I have felt lessGypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-66229816921806482632012-05-16T20:33:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.475-06:00Follow your desireHow can you know where you're going if you don't know where you've been?When looking for a new job or attempting to justify the raise you believe you deserve or simply doing an annual performance review, there are certain things that must happen in order to make these things successful. I'm referring to the fact that with any of the items above, documentation of what you have been doing is GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-28892865960810744792012-04-24T22:18:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.463-06:00Before it is Too Late...In a recent conversation, it was stated that good Project Managers are aware, actively engaged and are forward thinking in the projects they are involved with. The "not so good" project managers tend to subscribe to the 'auto-magic' school of thought where projects run themselves and they fail or pass completion on the efforts of others.Shortly after this statement I found myself in a GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-14401336478532731922012-04-02T19:58:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.456-06:00The View......From here is a little bit different than the one yesterday and probably still not quite what it will be tomorrow. That's the thing about "your view" - it is seen through your eyes and colored by your perceptions. In business, just as in life, the longer we do something the better at it we become because we gain knowledge. We learn to expect the unexpected and GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-48874379293884331652012-03-20T19:45:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.472-06:00L is for LanguageLanguage....do know what it means?One definition suggests:any set or system of such symbols as used in a more or less uniform fashion by a number of people, who are thus enabled to communicate intelligibly with one anotherWhich according to the GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-30104564386126633502012-03-17T08:07:00.000-05:002013-02-07T14:48:52.465-06:00Hope SPRINGS Etermal“It's spring fever.... You don't quite know what it is you DO want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!” Mark TwainA beautiful Saturday morning with the sun breaking just across the horizon and I sit here ready to face the day. Its an odd change for me, so many mornings this past week have found me restless and tired, struggling to move with the work dayGypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-82834235061194801352012-02-25T22:04:00.000-06:002013-02-07T14:48:52.480-06:00Opportunity KnocksOpportunity, it's a beautiful word.  It's thrilling what is knocking at your door and it's terrifying when is staring you in the face.I'm sitting in a hotel room tonight (my room with a view) thinking about an opportunity that I spent 6 hours today pursuing.  The funny thing about this opportunity is that I am not sure why I want it.  I'm not sure if it will help me get to where I GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-76966214682322172392012-02-07T19:29:00.000-06:002013-02-07T14:48:52.477-06:00BelieveThere is something to be said about writing when the emotions are real and raw and have yet to be dulled by time.  In the business world, those emotions can get you into trouble and more and more companies are trying to monitor social networks or create policies to prohibit usage of social network sites because people are letting their emotions run wild.  Personally, I've always had theGypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-17889833275347672752012-01-31T19:14:00.000-06:002013-02-07T14:48:52.460-06:00Letting GoSometimes moving on means being strong enough to let go.At this moment in time, those words couldn't be any truer for me because I feel like I am the only one left holding on to a sinking ship while everyone else plans their escape route. Is this really a sinking ship....No. Is anyone planning their escape route...debatable. The point is that words and emotions and perception GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-42757373380657992012012-01-27T13:21:00.000-06:002013-02-07T14:48:52.471-06:00TeamA four letter word that means the simplest of things:A number of person associated in some joint action.However simple its meaning might be, its impact is temendously more complicated. In the business world, 'team' has become the word of choice when referring to any group of people, a buzzword if you will, that conjures up images of cohesiveness and productivity. Before recently, I GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-10319606324300493192012-01-09T20:04:00.000-06:002012-01-09T20:04:07.359-06:00LoopHave you ever felt like you are going in circles? Walking around in a "loop" with no way out and yet, somehow not quite aware that you need to find your way out...almost like the point in time just before you wake up where you're not really dreaming, but you're not really awake either.
I feel like I'm there. That point where I have gone and come back full circle, but was blissfully GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-90139789537385355712011-12-30T08:02:00.000-06:002011-12-30T08:02:40.257-06:00Endings and BeginningsFriday, December 30...last work day of the year and one more regular day before we say goodbye to this year for good. Whew........
For as fast as this year has flown by, there have been moments of time ticking by painfully slow. When I started the year, I made a resolution to 'feel' something because I felt so detached from everything and emotionally numb. I wasn't sure what GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-12036475870301487662011-12-15T10:50:00.000-06:002011-12-15T10:50:48.555-06:00It feels like a lifetime since I wrote down my thoughts, but here I am (again) after thinking I was going to walk away from it all, right.back.where.I.started.
Life is funny like that - you can make plans of your own and then something will change and put you on a different course that you never saw coming. I don't know....maybe it is the time of year or maybe I'm growing 'spiritually or GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-49681140916645178862009-04-20T21:07:00.002-05:002009-04-20T21:11:25.683-05:00I've Moved - UpdateI have moved out of blogspot and onto Wordpress...I know - you're probably asking yourself WHY??I LOVE blogger and I've tried to get around having to move...this is my home, but I've given in to it all because Wordpress has different privacy settings. I miss being able to speak my thoughts when no one knew me and I had no fear of repercussion so ...I've moved. Don't forget to subscribe to the NEWGypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-30649612387938241612009-04-16T05:00:00.001-05:002009-04-16T07:49:40.931-05:00Mother NatureDear Mother Nature,WHAT ARE YOU THINKING? It is April 16th, 2009 and I have yet to see spring like weather, I am starting to worry. Oh yes, you tempt me with your 'budding' of the trees and the wild flowers that popped up among the frozen, thawing, frozen again ground...but now they have all died and shriveled away and I don't think they will be coming back. Even my poor, pitiful yard is still GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-74952970780469199052009-04-14T00:00:00.001-05:002009-04-14T00:00:02.140-05:00College LifeI sit here tonight and wonder aimlessly thru my drafts looking for something worthy of a post ... nothing.As I surf (should be working on the bathroom some more) and casually watch my Monday night TV show Greek, I think to myself...are college experiences really like this? Obviously, this is tv and so it cannot be anything exactly like this, but it is based on something, right?!The show is basedGypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-46462706591879005412009-04-13T07:00:00.000-05:002009-04-13T08:02:33.974-05:00Not Me MondayA few things I DID NOT do this weekend...I totally DID NOT start my weekend off by refusing to go to the movies with the hubs and kids because I could not stand wanted to redo my bathroom.I DID NOT manage to step in my paint tray full of white primer while stepping off the ladder and then loose my balance and smear it all over the floor (good thing I'm replacing that next). Only clusmey people GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-75916819062321930242009-04-08T20:53:00.004-05:002009-04-08T21:29:36.332-05:00Unspoken...I woke up Wednesday morning, just like I do every Wednesday morning and proceeded to go thru my morning ritual to get ready for work. I check on my girls after my shower, finish getting dressed, lay out their clothes, fix their lunches and just before I head out the door, little Miss cries and I know she's awake.I look at the clock and think, I really need to leave to stay on schedule, but GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-34945597881694612482009-04-08T00:00:00.002-05:002009-04-08T00:00:02.304-05:00Risk Aversion?A few weeks ago I wrote this post to which I pondered a question, not because of where it originated, not because of who was involved in the original conversation, but because it struck a chord with me.For the past week or so, the statement has been made regarding my 'risk aversion' - not as someone who has known me long, not as someone who has ever faced a 'risky' situation with me, but merely GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-26662622552225109202009-04-07T07:00:00.000-05:002009-04-07T08:33:20.749-05:00Ingorance is Bliss?DQ is a smart little girl, sometimes I think she is too smart for her own good (definitely smart enough to keep me on my toes). She is the product of a relationship long ago since over and her bio-father isn't really in the picture. She's always known about him, the little I would tell her but she's never had any real interaction with him, no actual interaction at all aside from a phone call or GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4072890544557246926.post-76138547429251648602009-04-06T07:19:00.002-05:002009-04-06T07:40:24.101-05:00Not Me MondayIt's time for another round of Not Me Monday.I DID NOT spend my wonderful Friday Night Cleaning and doing laundry while the hubs was having a good time at a basketball game and I would never enjoy such a task either! (Is this a mom phrase or what??)I DID NOT increase my 'do it yourself home remodel' list by an entire whole room, which includes tiling the floors. (I found such a bargain I just GypsiAdventurehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14114056397143074653noreply@blogger.com3