October 28, 2018
Whew, I don't know about you, but I find it hard to believe that 2019 is almost here. Is it just me, or did 2018 just seem to be flying by?
Around this time of year, I start to think about how well this current year has worked our and did I hit my goals that I set at the beginning of the year. Are there areas could or need to improve in. I also start to not only think about the upcoming holidays, but also the upcoming n...
January 18, 2018
Have you ever opened your desk draw to get a paper clip, scissors or any other office supply item and realized that it's really time to get it organized? Well that's what happened to me the other day, when a co-worker asked me for staples and I had to go on what seemed like an expedition to search for them. That was the big clue that I needed to get it under control.
Here are 5 tips on how to organize a wor...
January 18, 2018
On an a quiet Wednesday morning at work, one of my co-workers sent out an email to several of us that read, "man I could go for some pancakes right about now." That lead to a chain of emails from "I wish there was a place close by for pancakes" to finally, "hey I can bring in a griddle if someone brings in pancake mix." In less than 10 minutes we picked the upcoming Friday and created a list of who was bringing what. The gridd...
January 12, 2018
In searching for a home big enough to house all of our extended family members, how do you know when big is too big? Taking a poll from each person, including the grandkids, pretty much gave us a house the size of a mini mansion. So, we had to scale it down a bit, (actually a lot) in order for us not end up with a house with large square footage and house poor at the same time. Although I do like homes with just about a room f...
January 12, 2018
There is an old saying of, "Do not put all of your eggs into one basket", which usually applies to many of us for many situations. But what if putting all of your eggs into one basket was the only solution to certain stages in your life? This is what happened in our family. Our adult daughter and her three children came to "stay" with us while searching for their own place to live. At the same time our adult son wanted to live...
September 17, 2017
Every day I would see that envelope staring at me, almost begging me to open it up. It was the first thing that I saw when I woke up and the last when I finally turned off the light and went to sleep. Then one day after much hesitation, I finally opened it. What was now staring at me was not a bill that I was dreading to see, but a check. A while back I had purchased a computer that had a rebate of $100. I had taken the time t...