Professional and Private Life
Decorative Efforts
Over the last two months, I’ve been baking up a whirlwind and decorating as much as I can. Started out with just mostly nice swirls on top of cupcakes to signing up for a cake decorating class....
Baking Up A Storm
For months I’ve been avoiding my kitchen. I haven’t wanted to cook or bake; especially I haven’t wanted to clean dishes. A little over a month ago, I bought a gadget called the...
Thinking About Basketball
I remember growing up and going to watch my sister play softball, then in high school — basketball and volleyball. My sister was an avid sports person and I was her antithesis. My nieces now...
"Charlene Runge is at once simple and easy to understand. And in the next moment, complex and confusing."
Slacker and a hard worker all rolled in to one. She is a walking contradiction.
About CYR
My name is Charlene Runge, as the domain name clearly indicates. I’m also the web presence known as Chark (pronounced as ‘shark’ for those of you not already in the know) and I have been active on the web since the early 90s. I’m a web designer who currently works for a recruitment and staffing firm called Headway Workforce Solutions. Prior to that I worked for about six months with Alberta Justice as a Web Development Officer. The longest I’ve worked for anyone was Transcena Design, over 7 years of doing pretty much anything and everything within the company.
Work Life
I’ve just recently celebrated my 3 year milestone at Headway’s quarterly meeting. It’s nice to have my efforts appreciated and I have to say that I have a wonderful bunch of coworkers and a nice boss to boot.
But in the scheme of things, having a good boss means he thinks of me as a good employee. He never fails to show me his appreciation either by word or by deed — I really like our monthly lunches. Having a good boss means it’s almost effortless to be at my best. [Either that or he has very low expectations of my work and that I exceed them time and again --- nah!]
What I Can Do
What I can do and what I am capable of are two different things. The former states that I have awareness of my inherent skills and abilities. I know I’m strong in my ability to design and create layouts in digital and print media. What I’m capable of can be limitless, but even I know what some of my limitations are — can we say “No” to vegetables, sky diving and white water rafting 
. Everything else is doable at least once.
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Over the last two months, I’ve been baking up a whirlwind and decorating as much as...
For months I’ve been avoiding my kitchen. I haven’t wanted to cook or bake;...
I remember growing up and going to watch my sister play softball, then in high school...
I did bowl this summer, but on a 2 man team and for a very short period of time — 6...
Went to an allergy clinic today for testing to see if I was allergic to certain foods....
My boss gave me a few tight deadlines last week for a summit he would be attending in...
I mentioned the possible addition of Adobe and InDesign to my animal family over a month...
For many who don’t know me well, my father had celiac sprue — meaning he was...
Summer has been going on for far too long now, or it just seems that way with all the...
I’ve already got the new oversized sleeper chair and sleeper sofa ordered, along...