Sonya Schryer Norris

Customer Service Challenge at the Corner Quality Dairy

So, part of my healing from sciatica has involved gentle, daily exercise. I walk 40-60 minutes a day and build this in by including a 40-minute circuit down to QD for my morning coffee. When I first started this I showed up one morning before they opened (they open at 6). I was abrupt withContinueContinue reading “Customer Service Challenge at the Corner Quality Dairy”

The Snakelady Is Back

So, where the heck have I been? Ladies and gentlemen I have been down the rocky river known as sciatica. Which is an ailment I did not expect. It meant I couldn’t sit for more than 10-30 minutes at a time. Seriously. Not even to Twitter much and certainly not to blog. I set upContinueContinue reading “The Snakelady Is Back”

Weight Watchers Anniversary

Memorial Day is (as close as needs be to being) my anniversary with WW. One year ago this week I heard about how to fill your plate half full with fruits and vegetables for this weekend’s holiday picnics. I thought that was brilliant. It had never occurred to me to do that. Weight Watchers roseContinueContinue reading “Weight Watchers Anniversary”

Francis B. Egan (1846-1916)

Today, Memorial Day, I went to find a family headstone at Mt. Hope Cemetery here in Lansing. I had no idea that I had family buried in Lansing until a distant relative told me so. The grave I was looking for was “Grandma’s Schryer’s father” in my current family lexicon – that’s Francis Bartholomew Egan,ContinueContinue reading “Francis B. Egan (1846-1916)”

Birthday Round-Up

A good time to reflect on the year I think… I’m not ashamed or weird about my age. I turn 37 today. A respectable age. All grown up but no grey in my hair yet. Except for my back all the health concerns they warn you set in after 40 have not set in forContinueContinue reading “Birthday Round-Up”

Candy and Bethesda: One Year Update

One year ago last month we welcomed Miss Candy Cat into our household. We had a few iffy moments but no real trouble. No litter box trouble. No tufts of hair laying on the carpet trouble. No torn ears trouble. Some hissing, yes, but not “I mean it” hissing, if you know what I’m saying.ContinueContinue reading “Candy and Bethesda: One Year Update”

Welcome to the Pick-Up Truck Side of Town

A follow-up note on our fantasy shopping for a gas fire insert for the family room. This weekend we went to the store near “our” side of town and talked to a perfectly reasonable shop owner about prices and options. Of course his price was lower than the store in the aspiring town. He talkedContinueContinue reading “Welcome to the Pick-Up Truck Side of Town”