Wow, I’m just hanging around my house right now. The kid is in bed, my husband is playing baseball, and I’m…not at work. This doesn’t happen often since May when I started working evenings. This oddity in my schedule gives me some time to think about my schedule in general. …
Sometimes, I read non-fiction. Occasionally, those books are interesting enough that they are worth sharing some thoughts with more people. Here is one such book. Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping by Judith Levine About eight years ago, the author of this book, a bit overwhelmed by Christmas shopping ballooning …
I visited the giant new local Hy-Vee last week. It’s not so much a grocery store, it seems more accurate to say …
A few years ago, I heard about a cool new company called Groupon. Here’s their story: Groupon: Hey, business owner. We have …
My husband and I don’t always like the same foods. Jack Sprat and his wife had their opposite tastes, and so do …
My kid has music in her soul. She’ll dance to anything with a beat. I had never realized that car alarms have …
I started with the FlyLady last December. It took me over two months to make it through the first 30 daily steps, …
School’s about to start, which means life speeds up for some of us and slows down for others. As you adjust to …
I’m suffering from Olympics hangover. Also, I’ve been tired the last couple weeks, mainly related to the Olympics thing. The first thing …
As much as I love my Libman Freedom Spray Mop, there comes a day when I need to get on my hands …