I’ve been manning the graveyard shift for sometime now that even during my off days, I normally am awake at night and asleep during the day. Last night, however, I managed to sleep at 10 p.m. But at about 2 a.m., I woke up to distant clapping. My husband was awakened, too. And when I […]
Blogging Is Not Writing … It’s Graffiti with Punctuations!
“Blogging is not writing. It’s graffiti with punctuations!” The above line were words from the movie Contagion, spoken by a brilliant research doctor as reprimand to conspiracy-theory journalist-blogger Alan Krumwiede, Jude Law’s character, who was looking to expose the government’s involvement in the virus spread. Krumwiede’s ideas were all over the place, therefore, the telling […]
Budget 101: Pay Yourself First
The washer is on, and the spinner is whirring. Since the kids are in school and I have the house all to myself, I thought to put on my thinking cap and start working on this post. But I’m betting I’ll be finished on this one before the sun comes out again, if at all. […]
I’ve Just Been Served … The Liebster Blog Award!
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 […]
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 […]