Katie Krueger's Snippets of Gratitude

Grants I wrote getting funded! Email exchange with mom and sis during the day The treadmill making it so easy to keep one pace The Killers (cd) Secret Santa’s gift of warm socks Lunch meeting with work friends colleagues with a sense of humor Stoner Prairie Elementary School in Verona (i’m not kidding on the [...]

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Is there anything better than getting to your car on a snowy day and seeing that he has already scraped the windows, shoveled it out of the snowbank, driven to an ice-free zone, and warmed up the car? Today I am grateful for Diene.

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Yesterday, I started the day at Cool Beans sitting next to a fire, sipping hot coffee and writing in my journal.  As the year draws to a close, I wanted to reflect on all the progress that I’ve made in the year.  Looking at the whole picture gives me perspective on where where I am [...]

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It’s been snowing nonstop for two weeks. I know this is Wisconsin, but I was really counting on global warming to give us the mild winter that we had last year. Perfect for running outside after work. This morning I woke up to the sound of screeching tires, running bald over ice, as my neighbor [...]

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We arrived late enough that the usher walked us to our seats (second row!) while Youssou N’dour sang his first song. Of course there were people who were sitting in our seats that the usher had to kick out. I tried to be patient while reminding myself that the notion of reserved seats is totally [...]

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There is a great article in the NY Times about the mental tricks people play on themselves to perform better. I particularly love the guys who focuses on his shadow while running. (Unless its cloudy!) Dr. Morgan, who tested the method in research studies, said he was inspired by a story, reported by an anthropologist [...]

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