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Friday was the beginning of my Labor Day holiday. With the weekend already filling up, I took advantage of my extra day off to shop at Tanger. The objective was to stock up on some of the newest fall product from Bath and Body Works as well as buy some more Coach. I started offContinue reading “I Went Back to Tanger”

Just like during the COVID-19 pandemic 😷, District 13 Toastmasters was innovative. During World War II, they did their part to aid in the war efforts, all this while growing the interest in Toastmasters. Despite the world going through a trying time, the District was poised for growth. The Waynesburg chapter came up with theContinue reading “Toastmasters in a Hallmark Christmas Town”

Friday marked 25 years since I began high school. Holy cow 🐮 I’m getting old. It also marked 25 years I’ve known the man who not only became my teacher, but also my Coach, mentor, and a longtime friend. Mr. Clougherty and I met in Pre-Algebra class on my first day of ninth grade. ThisContinue reading “Kevin Clougherty: Friend, Mentor, Teacher, Coach”

Toastmasters Internationa has crowned a new World Champion of Public Speaking at this year’s virtual International Convention. One of these years I’ll attend the big event. Maybe next year or in 2023. I remember when Aaron Beverly won the title two years ago and then proceeded to give that championship speech at our 2019 FallContinue reading “Truly a Year of Firsts”

It’s Saturday night and I’m on my way to church. I decided to make a pit stop in my travels. It’s a little bit out of the way but, I decided on Moe’s this evening. It’s number two on my Murrysville restaurant trifecta. Burgatory will be sometime early this Fall. This is my third tripContinue reading “Stylish and Hungry #8–Moe’s Southwest Grill 🌮 🌯”

This weekend Cornerstone Ministries held its annual Uncommon Weekend, where instead of attending church, members are the church to the local community. For the first time in the six years that I’ve attended this church, they focused on one community instead of all around. That community was my hometown of Jeannette. Before I go intoContinue reading “Uncommon 2021: Love Your Neighbor”

On this day in 2003, I was beginning the second phase of my college education. That morning we made the drive up I-79 to Slippery Rock University and moved me into my dorm room. I had help from SRU’s welcome team to get all my things into my room. We had lunch at the GroveContinue reading “Arriving at Slippery Rock (18 years ago today)”

It’s time for this week’s Toastmasters Throwback but first I want to share some highlights from this past week. At work this week we had our usual Lowe’s. For Day 2, our supervisor did something different for briefing. She asked us questions pertaining to Lowe’s counting procedures. If we answered the questions right, we eachContinue reading “A Year of Many Firsts”

Tonight Mr. Clougherty and I had our once a month dinner. We decided on Bar Nine this time. We were able to get a seat at the bar even though they prefer reservations. I could see why. This place was packed tonight and that’s a good thing. Restaurants were hit hard last summer during theContinue reading “Stylish and Hungry #7—Bar Nine”

Last night a few of us Toastmasters got together for a potluck dinner at the home of Ron and Sarah. We brought our salads and desserts while they had the main dishes covered. I arrived around 5:30 as did Nate and Laura. Emily and Jing came a little later but when they did, it wasContinue reading “Dinner, Dancing, and Disco”