Just Smile
They say you can be happy if you just smile. It is true. Plus; when you are on vacation, you should be happy. Even if… it rains. the kids bicker. it is hot. the lines are long. the wine is Read More …
Tag: vacation
Embrace the Change
It is not easy to do and even though I used to tease my parents to embrace the change – sometimes you have to take your own advice – especially when you are reminded by someone else. It is easy Read More …
Pretty Much The Same
When you go around the country, there are places that are pretty much the same as home. It is not just the national restaurants that have enticed owners to invest in their brand and open their own restaurants…Dominos, TGI Fridays, Read More …
Plan For Everything
You can plan for everything and then still need to do something last minute. For months and months there have been drips of information from the planning team. Emails, memos, lists. Days even weeks…in advance, you look at the list, Read More …
The Old Familiar
The old familiar places have us comfortable and confident… but maybe you’re just stuck in a rut. It is time to shake things up. Make some noise. Change the routine. Move your seat. Update your morning breakfast choices. Reinvent your Read More …
Setting Expectations
At the heart of most disputes or disagreements is the lack of communication in setting expectations from the beginning. You don’t have to have detailed contract terms and lengthy agreements, but you should at the very least have a conversation. Read More …
It’s All About Them
When you decide to have children, you pretty much need to accept that, for a long time anyway, it’s all about them. When they want to eat. When they want to sleep. When they want to do, well. Anything. When Read More …
A Few More Days
In just a few more days the kids will be done with school, the pre-Christmas sales will be replaced with post-holiday sales – even deeper discounts on what nobody thought was interesting enough to buy as a gift – and Read More …
Take 5
There is a really yummy candy bar, named Take 5 and it was a life changing thing for me. It was launched by Hershey quite a few years ago when I was a candy buyer – right around the time Read More …
Renewed Efforts
Nothing is better than renewed efforts put forth by people who had given up or lost focus. It can be in the form of effort, or investment, which requires effort – so that counts, too. We are “back to fall” Read More …