Decluttering in Five Easy Steps

January 12, 2010

After the champagne has gone flat in our flutes, the noisemakers have silenced, and Ryan Seacrest has moved onto other TV venues, it’s time for the obligatory ritual carried out this time of year known collectively as…
…getting organized.
Now I know what you’re thinking.  You’re muttering under your breath (I hear you!) something about what does [...]

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Let’s Party like it’s….. ‘09?

January 1, 2010

Well, here we are once again.  A new year with new promises of hoped-for prosperity, peace, abundance, and whatever else positive charms we can sprinkle onto our party hats. 
But this  year, like its predecessor, the infamous “Y2k” ten years ago, I am once again faced with a dilemma. 
Is it really the start of a new decade [...]

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Spreading Christmas Cheer

December 23, 2009

Check this cute vintage Christmas postcard out.  The detail is amazing and the emotion suffuses across time through the lovely images.  Someone sent this to a friend, loved one, acquaintance, or distant relative to convey the spirit of the holiday season.  It probably sat in a drawer for years, forgotten, until one day finally being [...]

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Suits Me Just Fine

December 8, 2009

It’s tough out there.  Whether you’re unemployed, underemployed, employed-but-overworked, disabled but wanting to work, or know someone in one of these categories, this economy has hit virtually all of us. 
I met a lady the other day in the wee hours of Black Friday, as she sat behind me in line in the shoe aisle in [...]

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Glamour, Good Will, and Glitz

December 5, 2009

 
I have a confession to make. I am a closet fashionista. Especially this time of year.  My holiday fantasies involve me decked out in a flowing gown, strapless heels, and a glittery bag as I sashay into some fabulous party, wowing the men and sending the women into jealous tizzies.  Like some Bond girl, I [...]

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Personal Development Kaleidoscope

December 2, 2009

This is an incredible book.  If you read nothing else this winter, check this one out.  It’s well worth your time.  If you’re in a cold climate, fix yourself a nice hot cocoa, bundle up in your snuggly blanket, sit in your favorite bookreading chair, watch the snow gently fall outside, and grab your laptop. 
Those of [...]

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Christmas, Recession-Style

December 1, 2009

Before the last of the Halloween 90% discounted leftovers have even disappeared from their shelves, retailers are already hoping against hope that you’ll get even more motivated to return for their next huge sales.  This time it’s gonna be a biggie.
It’s Christmas!  So what if there’s no sign of snow and the mercury has not [...]

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Giving Thanks

November 18, 2009

Between the turkey, cranberry sauce, heaping mashed potatoes, libations, a half-time show, and overloaded dishwasher, it’s easy to lose the message of Thanksgiving.
How many of us actually stop to reflect on the lives we enjoy?  Do we sit down and truly consider how fortunate we all are as a Western society to have the opportunity [...]

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Computer woes

November 13, 2009

 
Arrgggghhhhh! 
How many of us have cried some sort of expletive as we watch one of the most important tool of our craft, our computer, crash and die before our horrified eyes?
I don’t know what it is about me; perhaps my fingers exude some sort of death ray that insinuates itself from me to the depths [...]

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Rust

November 6, 2009

 
Rust is an interesting thing.  Most of the time it’s something we see as representing deterioration, destruction, decay, or a death of some sort.  We spend millions of dollars annually on products like Rustoleum to cover over this seemingly ugly cancer on our metal possessions, to hide the imperfections and brighten the surface. 
 
Yet in many [...]

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