My Eggs in a Basket

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 work draw. 1.) Pull everything out of the drawer and access what you want

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 griddle man (nickname) brought in a griddle, another pe

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 for everything you can think of, I also like to hav

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 at home while getting his YouTube up and running,