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Stepping Outside My Groove
Stepping Outside My Groove I often read the blog posts of others on this site. Many I find amusing as they are intended to be, some educational as those are intended, and other simply entertaining. While I have been known to be highly opinionated on many subjects,...
Helping Our Veterans Stay Organized
Helping Our Veterans Stay Organized To honor Veteran’s Day, I first have to thank my husband and daughter for their service to our Country. I didn’t come from a military family. I had no idea (30 years ago) what I was getting into, when I married a Marine who had...
Stop Missing Appointments
Stop Missing Appointments Using a calendar is the easiest way to stop missing appointments and stay organized. Relying on our memory isn’t the answer to your scheduling issues. Stop missing appointments! Use a calendar system to stay organized – and stay on track. I...
Are Your Actions Working to Help You Succeed?
Are Your Actions Working to Help You Succeed? Wow! I keep discovering new things. When I was a kid I thought people over the age of 65 knew who they were “period end of sentence” (as a friend of mine would say). How wrong I was! Parents often tell kids, “Listen to...
The Opinionated Bitch on “Those People”
“Those people” is a phrase to which I have become deeply sensitized. “Those people” implies an other-ness I can’t seem to wrap my brain around. Maybe it’s because it’s always seemed so easy for me to relate to others on some level – even those with whom I deeply...
Torn: Two Choices
Torn: Two Choices Have you ever felt this way? Torn between two choices or perhaps two life paths. One year, 11 months ago I shared a life-changing secret here at “Here Women Talk” about my story of abuse. I am prevented from talking about it publicly because I...
Learning to Laugh at Yourself
Learning to Laugh at Yourself Laughter comes to me easily, and often. I live with a tremendously funny man who cracks me up daily (without even trying!) with his innate sense of offbeat, well-timed wit. I have friends peppered throughout my social groups whose...
Gifts for the Shabby Chic Fanatic
Gifts for the Shabby Chic Fanatic Shabby chic is a very popular style that is being embraced by home owners around the world. The style of shabby chic is all about vintage comfort, giving your décor a slightly rustic and antique feel, without having to splash out on...
Hydrotherapy
Hydrotherapy It is a very rare thing these days to find yourself without any form of ache or pain somewhere in your body when you live a busy lifestyle. Hydrotherapy has been around for hundreds of years and dates back as far as the ancient Greeks and Romans. Using...
Taking Time to Rest and Reset
Taking Time to Rest and Reset I learned that it is important to take time to rest this weekend. I attended the Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference for Professional Organizers (MARCPO) in Bethesda, Maryland. I was an Exhibitor for MobilLogic. I knew that it would be a...
Easy Home Renovation Tips for Women
Easy Home Renovation Tips for Women Sometimes you may still love your home, but feel that it needs a bit of a change or simply that it needs a nice make over. Often we just get fed up for the same décor day in and day out and just changing small things can make a huge...
Staying Organized With an iPad – More Tips
Staying Organized With an iPad - More Tips Using an iPad as an awesome tool to stay organized. This week’s Blog is the continuing story of how a local University of Mary Washington student is using her iPad to stay organized and…my other favorite tool that will keep...
The Opinionated Bitch – My World Without God Goggles
My World Without God Goggles The first 40 years of my life were spent being assured that I believed in God, being told what to believe in God, and being told that people who didn’t believe in the same God I was supposed to believe in were just wrong. Being born...
Using an iPad to Stay Organized
Using an iPad to Stay Organized I never would have thought that using an iPad to stay organized would be so beneficial as a college student. Getting an iPad for Christmas last year from my parents was probably the most practical and helpful present I have ever...
Reach your Goals – Stop Feeling Like a Failure
Reach your Goals - Stop Feeling Like a Failure It is time to stop feeling like a failure when you don’t reach your goals. Last week I spoke to a group from our local Chamber of Commerce and this was the focus of the conversation. It was really about how to stay...
Let Your Star Shine! You ARE a Star
Let Your Star Shine! You ARE a Star It’s my turn to provide the spiritual reading at The Unity Center of New York. We have a wonderful minister -i Justin Epstein – who moved to us from I’m given only a bit over 2 minutes. In doing the research, however, I found...
