Is your day overflowing with things that have to get done? Are you always out of time to do them? Are you looking for ways to become more productive, and get more done in less time? Stop checking emails, Facebook, voice-mail and instant messages every few minutes! It really works. I am a self-employed website owner and … … Continue reading
True confession time! I smoked cigarettes for over 20 years. Here’s my story and some tips for you if you are a smoker wanting to quit. How I Started Dad claimed that the only thing my college days did were to make me into a smoker! I come from a family that never smoked – generations that … … Continue reading
Ever since we stumbled past the Fiscal Cliff and the budget crisis, the stock market has been rising like a hot air balloon in an updraft (at least as of the time this post was written at the end of March 2013). If you have money to invest, should you put it to work when stock … … Continue reading
The third week of March was my Mother-in-laws 90th birthday. The family honored her with a family and friends celebration in the Missouri History Museum. My sister-in-law did most of the planning, but I volunteered to help. We wanted to make conversation piece centerpieces for each of the 10 tables, utilizing some of the many spring flowering … … Continue reading
All the time I was growing up in the fifties, I never used or heard about floss or electric toothbrushes (they probably weren’t invented yet!). I brushed manually then and for much of my adult life. When my dentist first started telling me to use dental floss, I adamantly refused, thinking it was the stupidest idea … … Continue reading
In spite of the statistics and the down economy, there are some that ARE financially ready for retirement. How do we know when to pull the trigger and enter retirement? For many, inertia and fear of the unknown keep us plugging away at sub-prime careers far past the time we should leave. How can you know … … Continue reading
Learning to sew takes time and equipment. Is it a skill that is worthwhile to learn these days? Will it end up saving you money or costing you money in the end? A super short history of sewing. Back in the 19th century, the occupation of seamstress was one of the few open to women. The Women in … … Continue reading
Young children in grade school or middle school usually have little or no concept of how products are made, distributed, marketed and sold. They also lack much of an idea about how money itself is made, stored and distributed. You can have a fun, and usually inexpensive time helping them learn by showing them companies, factories … … Continue reading