Set Lofty Goals
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 …
Category: opinion
Oh Those French
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 …
A Proper Thank You
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 …
Weekend Specials
Does a restaurant have to promote their weekend specials out to the world, on social media, on an A-frame easel sign on the street or in traditional media? Probably not. It’s the weekend. If they don’t already have a plethora Read More …
Playing Dress Up
Most little kids, especially little girls, like playing dress up. Holidays, like Halloween, are one thing, but fancy shoes, things to put in your hair and sparkling dresses make any girl smile. It isn’t fall (thanks goodness) – it is Read More …
FRIDAY
it is FRIDAY. Here’s the acronym for my day (at least part of it.) I apparently have enough FORKS a to host every birthday party for our entire (extended to siblings on both sides) family, and yours, for two years. Read More …
Rapunzel Effect
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 …
Thoughts
I can’t help but wonder about the many, many thoughts that people think. Am I too old? Am I too young? Am I too fat? Am I too thin? Are these pants too short? Is my hair the right color? Read More …
Special Place
Hallmark has a special place in my heart, it always has… Very special, even though I have to pay a professional organizer to help me sort and de-clutter and donate some (okay, a lot) of the stationery I have collected Read More …
Somewhere in Between
We went out yesterday, my mom and my daughter to an outdoor mall of sorts. It was a bit too chilly to be walking around outside. The idea had been to enjoy a bit of spring weather, out of doors, Read More …