Two hazards of small businesses are vacations and traffic, but usually not at the same time. Unfortunately, both keep your customers away from your business, potentially for an extended period of time. This spring, schools around us were off on Read More …
So, long story short. We had a car that was totaled in an accident about 3 weeks ago. My father-in-law was driving and he is, luckily, doing pretty well recovering considering how much vehicle damage was sustained. (Gotta LOVE those Read More …
Just a short blog post for today. It’s about traditions today that are simply carried on from old habits, things that mom & dad did, or their parents did and our friends did too… We fell right into the pitfall Read More …
Sitting there, on the edge thinking how very long it is from the top to the bottom. Take the leap. It will be ok. You have some risk, but you have been here before, on the edge of a decision Read More …
Remember the Friday night movie? How easy it was. Turn on Channel 11 or 13 or whatever was local to you…the old time Fox equivalent. Simple right? Not so much anymore. 700+ channels. Select On Demand. Select Movies. Select The Read More …
The Levittown community, built in the 1950’s, is a community designed and constructed by Levitt & Sons. These neighborhoods, found in NY and PA (others were planned, I don’t know if they were ever built) became famous as the model Read More …
When you start a business, you want to reach for the sun, the moon and the stars. You set lofty goals so that when you achieve them, you can say that you got farther than anyone thought you could go. Read More …
Many Americans (and other world people) will say “oh, those French…” and it isn’t meant in a good way. So, my ancestry is French – ooh la la – yea, whatever…it was centuries ago, but it still gets a bit Read More …
I used to be the perfect gift recipient, with a proper thank you card written out for each and every gift receiving occasion. I went so far as to clearly document gifts to my kids, and have – in my Read More …
I’ve just recently read Bitter Greens (in fact it was my book club choice for January) and also saw Into the Woods (this past weekend). I think that the Rapunzel Effect (as I am calling it) is a problem. A Read More …