Aw, how I remember Halloween discovered. For many years, we had hosted nine foreign exchange students. My husband and I have both agreed we gained much more from our experience with these students than we would have ever thought was possible. Among the many things, we learned our holidays were very foreign to them in just […]
Life is about balance. Balancing work, family, home, parents, kids (and on the list goes) are never easy. When I think of balancing all the things in my life, I think of my father and a lesson he taught me and others about balance. Here, is my story.
Our perceptions or assumptions can be a great help, a hindrance or a conundrum. I have a friend who calls perceptions snapshots, a picture if you will, of something that sticks with us that we hold on to; good, bad or indifferent. Sometimes, if we don’t take the time to look a little deeper, we […]
Aw, all life’s transitions… life is all about change. We as human beings seriously do not enjoy the challenges and changes we endure as we grow up, grow in life and grow older. We fight and rail against them. All for nothing, because time just keeps moving on. I’ve come to see life much like my […]
We never think we have an attitude problem or are in need of an attitude adjustment. I truly believe we generally don’t willingly go into a situation or circumstance wanting or with a bad attitude. It just sneaks up on us, and WHAM, there we are mired in an attitude that will almost always guarantee […]
You will love this story by my guest blogger, Bethany Lee. Meeting Bethany was a happy accident. I found her website through LinkedIn. It’s funny how these things happens. When I read her blog it spoke to me, I immediately subscribed and have never looked back. We have become very good friends through the Blogosphere and enjoy the many things we have in common.
Just recently one of my blogger friends at searchingforthehappiness.com posted an article about houses having a vibe or personality. The premise of her post was our choice of homes may predict our future. What I loved about her post was she voiced what many of us feel but do not talk about. It isn’t because […]
I am very lucky to have “A Man and His Pan”. I have the most amazing husband who is majorly into food and cooking. Is that all he likes? Not by any means. He also likes anything sports and is a die hard Ohio State Buckeye fan. For this post I will stick to his cooking […]
Have you ever wondered where your head is at times? It happens to me when I am so focused on something that I sometimes miss important things that needed to be done at certain times and I pay the price. I am referring to things like submitting our car registration by a certain date, paying […]