Let your request be made known. Can you imagine going into court, the judge asking you if you plead guilty or not guilty – and not answering? Or a spouse asking, “what is it you want? I’ll do it.” and not responding? Or a job offer on the table with a ‘name your price and […]

Hollow. Empty. Nothing left. Drained. Have you ever pulled the plug in the bottom of the bath tub and watched the water kind of tornado vacuum out the bottom? Disappearing into…well, nowhere. Sometimes I feel like that’s what my energy and fun does. It slips out the bottom somewhere no one can see at a […]

​If you had to choose between a simple, the-game-comes-to-me, easy life or a more complicated life full of blessing – which would you choose? My father-in-law loved ANYthing with a motor. Antique cars, jet skis, go-carts. If it had a motor, he had one, wanted one, or was fixing one. My husband takes after his […]

Last night we had our yearly staff Christmas party. It’s usually at the same restaurant every year. Family style Italian food, David and I encourage the staff for a few minutes, we give presents and exchange secret santa gifts and do whatever the fun team chant, cheer, or fad is for the year together. And […]

Back in the day…. I was in sales and I was making bank. When David tells the story, he makes me out to be a great salesperson. As much as I’d like to think that’s true, I know why I was so successful. There was a theory. A plan. A numbers game. Make enough cold […]