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Let Your Answering Machine Help You Say YES To You
Let Your Answering Machine Help You Say YES To You I’m not an advocate of not returning calls from family members, friends and business partners. However, I’ve been noticing how, even after working on myself to make my own work my first priority whenever possible, I...
Without Warning
Without Warning Ladies and gentlemen, this could happen to you. My recent morning adventure may save you some time and money. Warning lights do not always work! Three days ago, Monday morning, I found myself in a situation I would like to share in the event any of...
Why Blurt Sounds Like Hurt
Why Blurt Sounds Like Hurt Here’s a basic rule: the communication between two people is the relationship between those people. With female bread-winning on the rise and job security a thing of the past for both genders, communication between men and women on the...
Are We One?
Are We One? Are we one? I'll get to that in a moment, but first I would like to share an awesome moment from today. For me, anyway. I took a personal day off today. Primarily to accomplish an immediate goal and well, I have to use two allotted personal days in a given...
The Film Fatales – Identity Thief
Identity Thief 2013. 112 excruciating minutes. Staring Melissa McCarthy, Jason Batman and a cast of characters you just want to forget. Directed by Seth Gordon (your mother must be so proud) and the screenplay writer has changed his identity. Smart move on his part....
How to Talk to Your Man About His Money
The SMOOTH Way To Talk To Your Man About His Money Financial tension is responsible for a large amount of failed relationships. I advise my clients, and especially the female ones, that marriage is a business, a transaction, an investment. Romance is for the movies. ...
Lynn A. Robinson’s Divine Intuition blog tour rolls on!
Divine Intuition blog tour rolls on! Tomorrow Lynn talks to Jane Pollak. (http://janepollakblog.com/). Robin Rousseau's Explore Beyond the Usual blog hosted yesterday's post. (http://explorebeyondtheusual.blogspot.com/). For more information about the whole tour,...
Woman and Emotion: 5 Tips to Know Yourself
Woman and Emotion: 5 Tips to Know Yourself I am an emotionally sensitive creature, as are many of us. My being naturally attuned emotionally to its environment. It is an effortless and organic experience. Before I knew that this was one of my best assets, particularly...
How to Solve a Rubiks Cube
How to Solve a Rubiks Cube Now the New Year has ushered in year five of the Great Recession, and here we are in the Rubiks Cube Economy. It is a scrambled mechanical puzzle, a multidimensional maze intriguing to players all over the world, a classic riddle of the...
Organize Your Day
Organize Your Day To Organize your Day includes doing certain things that you do instinctively and are just a part of your daily routine. Part of my daily routine includes being the first person up every day. Typically, at least 1 hour before anyone else and...
You Can’t Eat the Prada Bag
You Can’t Eat the Prada Bag Unless the numbers change, a multitude of GenXers will probably be forced to accept a lower standard of living in their retirement than their seven younger decades. Currently less than half of Gen X has saved $100k to prepare for the...
Life = Risk. If You’ve Never Failed, You’ve Never Lived
If You've Never Failed, You've Never Lived Life = Risk Stumbled on this awesome 1-minute video today. Had to share it here. Life equals risk. If you've suffered a setback or worry about failure, be inspired by now famous, successful people who overcame the odds and...
The Opinionated Bitch – On Hope For the Future
On Hope For the Future Before I say anything else, I'd like to share a video with you that was sent to me by a fan. Thank you, Marti - it was a gift. http://youtu.be/3YXINEYdnkY I had a few teary-eyed moments after watching this when I couldn't say anything at all. ...
Out of the Clutter of A Writer’s Mind
Out of the Clutter of a Writer's Mind: I Hate Spiders! I hate spiders! I’ve mentioned that before, haven’t I? Maybe once… or twice? Hate… hate… hate... hate! Tina says that I am being irrational and if I leave them alone, they will leave me alone. Pfffft! Now who’s...
My Tips for Keeping the Kids Safe Outdoors
My Tips for Keeping the Kids Safe Outdoors I'm starting to make plans the summer, trying to be as organised as one can be with 2 small children. Every year we have certain local outdoor events that we like to go to when the weather is fair, so usually plan our...
FUN WITH FOIL – Workshop Results
Fun With Foil A great day of painting at the Sawtooth School of Art in Winston-Salem, NC: 9:30 am to 3:30pm. The participants decided to skip lunch in order to continue painting! There were three different exercises: #1 White Background, #2 Metallic Gold Background,...