http://www.divaplatform.com Thoughts and Work of Jill Jaracz, Writer Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:02:32 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Your Pal, Jill is live and can be found at http://yourpaljill.blogspot.com. http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1529 Well, it's been a while since I've posted, but I realized that the last day of the year would be a good time to make one final post here. One final post?! Yes, I've decided to stop posting here at the Diva Platform.  Why?  Well, it's time for a little change.  Blogs ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1521 Today we're headed to Florida for the holidays.  Since we bought plane tickets while the Boy was still unemployed, we focused on price.  Not surprisingly, flights to Florida during Christmas and New Year's can get a little expensive, so we spread our dates out pretty far in order to save ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1519 Oh, to be a fly on the wall at the Accenture meeting, when company representatives decided that Tiger Woods wasn't an appropriate spokesperson for their company.  You know, after they had the tag line, "Go on, be a Tiger." To be fair, hindsight makes this situation ironic, so you can't fault ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1516 Last Sunday was the Windy City Rollers annual Black & Blue Ball, which celebrates the end of the year's home and travel team seasons.  I didn't know what the heck to expect--after all, the dress code was "formal, whatever that means to you."  So few rules left me hanging, but ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1511 When I was at Ulta on Sunday, I had a momentary lapse of judgment.  See, I was in a hurry, and didn't want to deal with all the marketing spiels at the checkout counter.  Until the girl at the register asked if I wanted a couple months of In Style ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1508 Whew!  I'm done with a really stressful writing assignment!  Done done.  Not "turned in, but there might be rewrites." Done. I've started writing for HowStuffWorks.com, which an old colleague of mine turned me onto.  I'm terribly happy to have the gig--not only is it a good move career-wise, the work is ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1506 This evening I rolled into my apartment around 11:00 (bells, then derby, then derby meeting), glanced around and saw the hovel it's become.  Newspaper stacked all over (I may have read the paper last week), papers piled around because it's gotten so cold in the bedroom that I really can't ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1503 We're officially into holiday season, and I'm already wondering how people do it.  I don't do nearly the work some people do for the holidays--for instance, since we go away, I don't decorate the apartment--and yet, I feel totally sapped right now.  Maybe it's because I have a decent amount ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1501 We've been a little stressed out over the past couple of weeks, and I haven't wanted to talk about it until we made a final decision. The Boy's been offered a job outside of Boston. Yesterday we decided to take it. It's not just the fact that he's been unemployed for 11 months, ... http://www.divaplatform.com/?p=1498