by Nicole Ouellette | Feb 19, 2009 | Good For You
I had taken over the french press in our company breakroom after the employee who owned it left. I made my coffee many days a week and it was a happy frugal little ritual. Last week, it broke. Ugh. I looked at a few local discount stores (which seemed to have...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jan 26, 2009 | Good For You
I was talking to my friend Randy yesterday and he mentioned this book he was reading about being super productive. "What's it called?" I asked. "How To Get Things Done Fast." I would have never picked out a book like this in a million years;...
by Nicole Ouellette | Jan 18, 2009 | Good For You
You may have heard or even experienced yourself the record cold in the northeast United States. Bar Harbor set a record on Friday and I've experienced my own personal cold as well. The furnace in my apartment is randomly shutting off. It happened three...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 22, 2008 | Good For You
One Resolution A Month Works For Me! One thing that's always bugged me about how January 1st falls on the calendar is how it doesn't feel like the new year. Really one winter snowy day blends into the next. It makes much more sense to me to have the year...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 14, 2008 | Good For You
It's Cheaper and Easier Then I Thought Early this Christmas season, I decided that I was going to buy all my gifts locally for several reasons. 1) My family owns a small business. (I do too!) It would seem at least a little hypocritical to not support others...
by Nicole Ouellette | Dec 12, 2008 | Good For You
We all have our favorite Christmas movies. My friend Laura loves "The Christmas Story", and so I think of her whenever I see a part of the movie or hear the phrase "You're gonna put your eye out with that thing!" (Not that I hear that phrase...