Our Lives Are Determined by How We Choose to Live Our 525,000 Minutes Each Year

Our Lives Are Determined by How We Choose to Live Our 525,000 Minutes Each Year
My friend Todd Durkin shared this with me a couple of days ago. He read it somewhere and shared it with his “tribe” and I wanted to share with mine! This New Year gives us the gift of more than 525,600 minutes. Many of us say we “don’t have enough time”, but for this next...

Remember Grandma’s Apron?

Remember Grandma’s Apron?
Somebody sent this to me in an email today and I wanted to share it. I don’t think our kids know what an apron is. The principal use of Grandma’s apron was to protect the dress underneath because she only had a few and because it was easier to wash aprons than dresses and aprons required...

Cinnamon Coffee Cake

Cinnamon Coffee Cake
I just read today that the number one holiday cooking headache is synchronizing the meal so that all dishes are ready at the same time. I absolutely love cooking Thanksgiving dinner and being a passionate and creative home cook I have never had any problems with that but I do love to hear the stories...

Apple’s Steve Jobs Dead at 56

Apple’s Steve Jobs Dead at 56
Statement from Apple’s Board of Directors: Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being. Those of us who have been fortunate enough to know and work with Steve have lost a dear friend and an inspiring mentor. Steve leaves behind a company that only he...

Email Forwarding No-no’s

Email Forwarding No-no’s
Email Etiquette Here is the thing about those tons of forwarded emails that we all get from well intentioned family, friends or co-workers. They are annoying. They are messy because of all the forwarding. Some of them are entirely inappropriate or politically or sexually charged. If you are forwarding...

Vacation Time – Not Work Time

Vacation Time – Not Work Time
Keep Work at Bay While on Vacation Like any other hardworking professional, you deserve to enjoy your downtime away from the your hectic working world. Being committed to providing your clients if you are self-employed, or your employer with excellence is certainly admirable. But everyone needs downtime...

Early-Bird Money Saving Tips for the Holidays

Early-Bird Money Saving Tips for the Holidays
I woke up this morning and had one of those “You have GOT to be kidding!” moments when I realized that Thanksgiving is just days away and Christmas is right around the bend. Time is short for a lot of people and given all that is going on with our economy, money is probably tight, but who...

Juan Williams Fired From NPR???

Juan Williams Fired From NPR???
We, the taxpayers, pay for NPR! Juan Williams was fired from NPR for saying what people candidly think. Frankly, I am SICK of political correctness. Do I agree with Mr. Williams? Almost never. Do I believe that he has the right to say what he thinks? In the words of Sara Palin, “You betcha!”! This...

Some Spam is Pretty Yummy

Some Spam is Pretty Yummy
No, not the stuff in a can, although if you fry it enough and hide it under a thick layer of onions and rye bread it might be edible. No, I am talking about the spam that seems to come at us from all directions in our email boxes, our WordPress websites, our telephones…. it gets tiring. But every...

Sister Prayers

Sister Prayers
So far today it has been a bear of a day and it is only 9 am. I woke up at four and have been waging a mighty battle with an incredibly slow internet connection for hours. I guess there were other tasks that could have been undertaken, but vacuuming at 4:30 is bound to raise the ire of the other occupant...

How to Shut Off Facebook Places

How to Shut Off Facebook Places
I have been seeing a lot of anguished postings on Facebook today about Facebook places so went on a hunt for information to share. Facebook Places, like existing location-based apps, uses GPS so people can “check in” on their mobile phones, letting friends know where they are and what they’re...

Beware of LinkedIn Phishing Emails

You are very likely getting a lot of  ”Join my network on LinkedIn” whether you are a LinkedIn member or not.  With a little due diligence you can determine whether this is a true message from LinkedIn or a phishing email designed to separate you from your account credentials and thereby...

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