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Mrs Enginerd Nerd Stuff STEM

Celebrate National E-Week! (USA)

National Engineers Week is was first proclaimed by President Harry S. Truman in February 1951 to honor the USA men and women in all engineering fields. This tradition turned 65 years old in 2016. Wow! Annually, E-Week is celebrated nationwide by 70+ education, professional, government and federal agencies as each US City, County or State […]

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Mrs Enginerd Poetry

Give Me Time to Grieve, A Poem

Give me time to grieve, To learn to live without you, To remember the sound of your heartbeat, To forget why I will never see you again. Give me time to heal, To recover from the loss of your smile, That light that shone so brightly, Illuminating the way home. Give me time to cry, […]

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Mrs Enginerd Nerd Stuff Weddings

My Power Ring

In 2006, a year and a half shy of our wedding date, I started to look for the perfect ring. This was before anyone thought of making Disney Princess collections or Tri-Force engagement rings, and customizing your own set cost thousands. We had settled on Tanzanite as the center cut stone, in trillion shape, because […]

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Mrs Enginerd

The Death Of The Brick And Mortar Store?

Walmart, Macy’s and Radio Shack suffered heavy profit loses in 2014 and 2015 forcing over 100 store closings each to brave the changing tide of the new retail economy. Articles suggest that customers are migrating to alternate means of product acquisition such as internet sales and cooperatives, procuring items directly from the source and cutting […]

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Etiquette Mrs Enginerd

Stop Shaming People!

Before you wonder where I got this idea from, it is not a thing or a video that went viral. Neither did a particular post that got epic resonses prompt me to write this. From my corner of the world, I just got tired of hearing people’s concerns about the poor and unprivileged while the […]

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Mrs Enginerd Nerd Stuff

MrsEnginerd’s Valentine’s Day Weekend

Ok, I do have a beef with Valentine’s Day  and as you read, my issue is with the hypocrisy of the event, from the marketing and sales perspective. Instead of shaming Mr Enginerd into buying me flowers, chocolates, jewelry and a nice dinner date, we do our taxes and take time off from work to […]

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Mrs Enginerd Nerd Stuff TV Shows and Movies

Deadpool, The Perfect Valentine’s Day Movie

Ask anyone who has gone to see the movie and they will confirm that Mr Pool is your perfect Valentine’s Day hero. He is dressed in red, has a heart of gold, and a charming personality with a killer sense of humor. It doesn’t hurt that the handsome and down to earth Ryan Reynolds was […]

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En español Mrs Enginerd

Para mis amigos que “sólo” hablan español…

Todos mis días empiezan de la misma manera. Me levanto y analizo las preocupaciones y tareas del día en mi mente, reclutando ideas para escribir en mi blog. No todo lo que hago es espectacular pero entre los mil quehaceres del hogar siempre encontraba una gotita del saber para compartir. Ahora que estoy de vuelta […]

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Mrs Enginerd TV Shows and Movies

The New X-Files

When they announced a limited episode production of The X-Files people lost their minds. Was it going to feature the original cast? Yes. Why so short a run? Because it is for show. Fox isn’t planning to resurrect the franchise, and the opportunity to do a wink wink to fans who felt unsatisfied by the […]

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Mrs Enginerd Travel

5 Days in Bogotá, Colombia

A year ago, I was planning my 10th anniversary at the company that laid me off, amidst the 60 day warning notice period. By sheer luck, my husband’s team decided to send him on a trip to Bogotá, Colombia to help Avianca set up their new aircraft. As part of the support team, he had […]