Archive for the ‘Just Thinking’ Category
Man Gives Couple $100,000…
I watched this story on Yahoo! and I thought, wow what a great story and then I heard the conditions. The couple has to name their next child after him (the giver) and they also have to build a house with the money. A child (and a house) is a huge expense and had I [...]
What Is Success?
Several weeks ago, I sent out an email to 25 of my friends asking their opinion on these two questions: What is it about someone that makes you say they are successful? What do you see?What does success mean to you?Here’s what five people had to say on success: “The best way to measure success [...]
Today, I Bought My Mother A Cane
Dear Blog, It’s me, Valerie, are you listening? So much has happened these past few weeks and I’ve been meaning to sit down to have a heart to heart talk with you about what’s on my mind. I know I don’t share everything with you that I should, not because a lack of trust, it’s [...]
You Cannot Slave For Two Masters
…for either you will hate the one and love the other or be devoted to the one and despise the other. I’ve been quite busy these last few days pretending to be the grown up I think I am (I keep live plants as a reminder that I am a grown up), trying to prioritize [...]
Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep
So I am at the end of a week long sickness and contrary to what “they” tell you, a flu shot cannot make you sick, but each time I get one about a month later I am sick. Call it a coincidence for two years running. Next year if I am still employed at the [...]
