Archive for the ‘Life & Events’ Category

May the Force be With You or Dealing with Difficult In-Laws

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

“May the Force be With You” – from the movie – Star Wars (1977) has been a quote worth reckoning with for years. This title either made you laugh out loud or touches a tender cord in your inner being as you think of difficult people in your life. If you’re married, ever have been, […]

My Front Porch Looking in

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Have you even taken the time to look inside your house from the outside? I mean really just stopped to take a look inside?

I was listening to the radio again today on the way to a meeting when the country song, My Front Porch Looking In came on. LoneStar sings about finally owning a little piece of land where he can see the sun rise and the moon lay on the fences.

He then does something that, I suspect, many of us have not taken the time to do. He turns his head and takes a look inside to see what it looks like there. It’s in that moment that he sees the most beautiful view he says he’ll ever see…a family he adores a woman he loves.

While many of us do not fit the bill of the traditional family and we may even live alone, what does the inside of our home say about us?

I’ll Have What She’s Having

Monday, November 27th, 2006

As you consider your many talents, is “expert shopper” one of those? If so, you were likely out before sunrise Friday morning to get the best bargains – and there were lots of them according to the retailers. Shopping has become the passion of many in the US today. I am reminded of the famous […]

Deck the Halls

Friday, November 24th, 2006

The turkey is eaten, the relatives have likely gone, and you have a few days on your hands after a busy holiday. For some of us, that means getting up to shop at five a.m. tomorrow morning so we can get a head start on our holiday shopping list. For others of us, it means […]

They’re Here!

Thursday, November 23rd, 2006

There are many quotes from the movies that have stuck with us thought the years. We use them when the time is appropriate. The movie Poltergeist (1982) had a particularly interesting saying that has stuck with many people. Though the movie is definitely not a “holiday movie” the saying can be appropriate around the holidays. […]