I had a face-to-face meeting with one of my local clients today to discuss some upcoming writing projects that he wants to get done in the next year. Everything went very well and I’m excited about putting the sales brochures and marketing letters that he wants.
The only snag came at the very end when [...]
Did you hear that story about the parents who couldn’t get their 3-year-old daughter to take her seat on an airplane? The Air Tran flight crew waited for about 15 minutes before kicking the family off the plane. The family was bumped to another flight (the next day) and given three round-trip tickets to any [...]
Well, that project was almost too easy and probably shouldn’t have been my featured task, but whatever. At least I am now completely unpacked a full seven months after I used those suitcases. Talk about procrastination and/or laziness!!!
Today’s project is kind of an embarrassing one. My family took a long vacation at the end of May last year, and there are still two suitcases that I haven’t unpacked from that trip! They are just sitting on the floor in the guest room. I can’t believe that those bags haven’t been touched in [...]
I know a lot of people who have several recurring dreams, but I only have one that comes up again and again. It’s kind of weird: I dream that my teeth get very loose and then basically crumble in my mouth and fall out.
I looked up the symbolism of losing teeth, and was surprised to [...]
I’ve been counting calories for the last couple days because my diet is going absolutely nowhere. It’s a pain in the butt to monitor my food this closely and to weigh everything before I eat it, but I have to admit that it does force me to be more aware of what I’m consuming.
For [...]
I live in a quiet neighborhood with lots of other young parents around. Even though I haven’t met many of my neighbors personally, I know that a good number of them run home businesses. How do I know this? Because they advertise with yard markers! I’ve seen this little signs sticking out of lawns all [...]
As a parent, I’ve heard plenty of horror stories about the elaborate birthday parties that parents stage for their very young children. I absolutely REFUSE to get into all that, and I’m glad to see I’m not the only one.
I recently read an article on Yahoo about a group called Birthdays Without Pressure that advocates [...]