Are you good at hitting your New Year's resolutions? How many of you have made a New Year's resolution and failed to reach your goal? Count me in. I've failed to begin, given up, and fallen short more than once. Here are 10 keys to hitting your New Year's resolutions that might help you hit [...]
I’ve done something I’ve never done on my previous eleven holiday wishes. At the end of this year’s wishes are all the previous wishes. At least for me it was fun browsing through them. I hope you can take a minute and look for yours from holidays past. It’s a little like the ghost of [...]
I’ve published an annual holiday wishes post since 2010. Time flies when you’re having fun. But this year has been – different. Many of the 2021 holiday wishes are for a better 2021, most are from the heart, and a few are funny. I hope you enjoy. Holiday Wishes 11 Lindsey – My holiday wish [...]
All my life, I’ve looked for ways to overcome obstacles, find a method to improve something I didn’t like, to save waste, or save money, or both. Today, we know these as hacks. I, like many, have been hacking for a long time. My recent hacks have mostly been driven by COVID-19. Here are a [...]
So, yes, I have a top ten reasons not to cook fish at the office from experience. A few years ago, I made the mistake of warming fish in the office microwave for lunch. It was previously cooked. However, I warmed it in the office microwave, which sent my co-workers running out of the building [...]
Last week I posted a couple of photos of a backyard virtual beach I created for my wife and me. Several friends asked me how I created a virtual beach weekend. What was my plan? One friend suggested I write about it. Thank you, @Carol_Stephen. How the Idea of a Virtual Beach Weekend Started Other than [...]
My first Holiday Wishes post was published in 2010, Your Ultimate Holiday Wish. I continued with Holiday Wishes 2011, Holiday Wishes 2012, Holiday Wishes IV, Holiday Wishes V, Holiday Wishes VI, Holiday Wishes VII, Holiday Wishes VIII, Holiday Wishes IX. I hope you enjoy Holiday Wishes X. Today, I publish the tenth edition of holiday wishes. Over the years, I’ve collected and posted [...]
The year was 1961. I was ten years old, and I knew Santa wasn't coming. It was a Saturday in mid-December, and I was working with my dad at the Lark Foods convenient store he managed. I made 25 cents an hour, taking out trash, sweeping floors, and stocking shelves. The store was unusual in [...]
First of all you have to understand, I’m not what you would call handy. I don’t have the know-how or patience for repair work or construction. My wife does the repairs around the home. I’m not talented at making things. My brother got that gene. He makes furniture. However, I do consider myself creative, and [...]
A few years ago my wife and I lost a pet. Our cat Joe got away from us and hid in the woods for three weeks. It was devastating. For the previous 14 years, we had been blessed with three cats, but within a year all three passed. Joe was a Christmas present to my [...]
