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According to this weekend’s edition of Parade magazine a number of countries are coming up with inventive ways to fight obesity. In Japan, health officials are measuring the waists of citizens over 40 and asking overweight individuals to undergo diet counseling. In Germany the government is spending $47 million on healthy-eating, sports programs and tougher … Read more
Here are my thoughts on the most recent company layoffs. The details are not indicative of every company’s termination decisions, it is simply my assessment of the cuts that occurred at my place of employment. First, although my team lost a fair number of people, I honestly think another handful or two of people could … Read more
According to an article in today’s edition of the Washington Post a number of home design magazines are unexpectedly ceasing publication. At the end of 2007 Time Inc’s In Style Home, Martha Stewart’s Blueprint, Filipacchi Media’s Home, and the 106-year-old magazine House & Garden all called it quits. Since November of 2008 Time Inc’s Cottage … Read more
An interesting story… an Alabama Sheriff pocketed $212,000 over three years by feeding inmates only $1.75 worth of food each day. An unusual statute dating from the early decades of the 20th century allows the state’s sheriffs to keep for themselves whatever money is left over after they feed their prisoners. The money allotted by … Read more
As I was walking out of Williams-Sonoma this afternoon I stopped to look a display full of cheese graters. An employee, who was stationed by the door, informed me that there were other graters in the back of the store and suggested that I take a look there. I thanked the woman and asked her … Read more
Yesterday we put one of our 8 1/2 year old cats to sleep. My husband adopted the cat and his brother from a shelter when they were just a few months old. We gave both cats love, attention, toys, scratching posts, good food and a warm home, but within a few months one of the … Read more
In a recent episode of the Suze Orman show a caller asked Suze for her definition of living beyond your means. Suze responded with the following, “If you have credit card debt of any kind that you cannot afford to pay in full at the end of the month you are NOT living within your … Read more
I have a few more things to do before the festivities begin tomorrow, but I’m sleepy and heading for bed. Merry Christmas Everyone!!!
For the first time ever my husband and I decided to spend Thanksgiving at our beach house in North Carolina. Over the years we’ve divided up the holidays among our respective families and my husband’s family won Thanksgiving, while mine won Easter. The other holidays like Mother’s and Father’s Day are toss-ups and Christmas is … Read more
This evening while I was out to dinner with three very good friends, I mentioned my new found recognition of fear. I’ve been working for the same company since I first graduated from college and I’ve become quite comfortable with where I work and what I do. Picking up two new jobs has forced me … Read more