Wow! That was the only word I could utter when I read a comment that landed a place in my inbox for moderation. Onepackguy wrote: “Hi! I just want to say that you’ve won an award.” Really now? I hastily checked the link that accompanied the comment. I didn’t know what “liebster” meant, so I […]
Archives for September 2011
Paper and Pencils For a Cause
When I was a kid, my favorite song was Whitney Houston’s The Greatest Love of All. I no longer remember why it was my favorite. I just know it was my favorite. To remind those who might have already forgotten, here are the first few lines of that song: I believe the children are our […]
Conversations With An Eight-Year Old: Cosmetic Surgery
“Mama, do pigs have extracts?” That was kind of difficult to answer as it was. I was thinking along the lines of blood and tissue extracts, so I had to ask back, hoping he meant something else. “What do you mean extracts?” “Extracts, you know. Extracts.” He was literally wracking his brain to come up […]
Credit Cards: The Quick and the Dead
Once upon a time, I felt like I wasn’t “in” because I didn’t own a credit card. I had a job, but yes, no credit card. The feeling sucks, believe me. At the mall while window shopping, I’d run across a gadget or something I so wanted to have, and after checking the price, I […]
3 Ways to Survive in a Workplace You Hate
Allison Doyle, a job search and employment expert with many years of experience in human resources, career development and job searching, asserts, “Besides being happier, you’ll do a better job if you’re working at a job you love or at least like.” For the record, I am happy with my job – my full-time job […]
10 Things Children Should Know About Money
One day, from out of the blue, my daughter, an eleven-year old, asked how much money I was making from my full-time job. I wasn’t willing to share that information with her, so I told her I was making enough to fund some of our needs. The answer proved inadequate, so wanting to get to […]
On Kids and School
Finally, the week that was the first periodical exams is over. The verdict is in. Kurt managed to scrape … drum roll, please … top 1! No surprises there, really. Somehow, I already knew. A tale of two brothers Even back then, at a very young age of two years, Kurt had been demonstrating a […]