My mother and I coined our infamous "Pff! I can make that!" expression when we saw these earrings. We had seen them together then I had went back to college. A few weeks later, in with the care package my mom had sent little magnets with cute...
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How To Get Things Done Fast
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;...
Would You Accept Free Stuff In Exchange For Giving A Review?
I have a new client who is a local restaurant owner and while we were meeting today, he offered me a free sandwich. At first, I was going to turn him down and politely drink my coffee but sitting there for over an hour and smelling all the good smells, I broke...
How To Get Money From People You Don’t Know
One of my extracurricular activities that keeps me out of trouble is being on the board of a local nonprofit. My normal fuction is going to meetings and saying obvious things. A few weeks ago, however, the ante was upped. A packet arrived with a list of...
How To Get Money From People You Don’t Know
One of my extracurricular activities that keeps me out of trouble is being on the board of a local nonprofit. My normal fuction is going to meetings and saying obvious things. A few weeks ago, however, the ante was upped. A packet arrived with a list of...
Why My Adult Ed Class Is Ginormous
Those of you who've read the blog for awhile know that I teach adult ed to make a little extra money. I haven't written about it in awhile because, well, there wasn't anything to write about. Enrollment for my courses was too low for them to run the classes so I had...
Wednesday Writer Spotlight: Mark LaFlamme
So I have several great friends who happen to make extra money writing. Not only that but they're good at it! I was trying to figure out how I could get information from them as far as how they make it work and feature them on the blog. For the next few...
Too Cute Tuesday: Felted Mittens
What a special Tuesday it is! Barack Obama is now president and I raise my TCT cocktail to his successful presidency. I'm so glad I took an early lunch to watch the whole thing live. Tonight is a craft involves both 1) less work then it looks and 2)...
Manic Monday: How Work Won’t Take Over My Life
Do you ever feel those times in your life where work starts creeping in places you weren't expecting? Things are getting that way in my case. It's great from the standpoint of making more money and growing my business but from a personal health standpoint, I...