Girl Scout vs. MacGyver

My inner Girl Scout fights with my inner MacGyver every time I travel. Here’s what I mean: I book a flight, pull out luggage, check the weather, make lists, and lay out piles of “necessities” for the trip. Of course I need two pairs of shoes, bug spray, shower shoes, Band-Aids, and two dozen pairs…

Sly Spam

I am so popular. I get literally oodles of comments every day with this blog. But wait, maybe I’m not so popular because 90% of them are spam. I have software which filters out the real comments from the spam-ulous comments and I have to approve the legitimate comments (hence the occasional delay!) Most of…

Marketing Beauty

Marketing wrinkles my brain. How do we make people want something? Be willing to sacrifice other necessities to purchase it? How do we make a product so appealing in just thirty seconds time? Are we gullible enough to fall for that? Apparently so. Lately there have been a few companies who have pulled back the…

Holy Hair Flair

I feel like I am missing a word. Like it should read, “Holy Hair Flair, Batman!” Maybe that’s just showing my age. But that really has nothing to do with my story! A friend of mine is headed to Africa, to coastal Kenya, in a few short weeks. I’ve sent her with an extra special present:…

My First Free Saturday

I woke up this past Saturday and didn’t know what to do with myself. I’ve worked nearly every Saturday for the past six years at the hospital and I was so eager to have a true weekend, a two-day-in-a-row-mini-vacation. I’d lived with a day off here or there for so long that the prospect of…

End It

Slavery still exists. I wonder how many people know that. And it’s not a little problem. There are more slaves in the world today that at any other time in history. 27 million men, women and children are enslaved. I first heard about this modern day plight at Passion 2012. I learned more of the…

Return of the Cheeky

Cheeky’s adventures continued… He once accompanied me to work, lovingly encircling my Diet Coke. I laughed until I snorted at this scene! He also got more creative. Seeking sustenance in odd places: He is resourceful! Using a chopstick and dental floss to catch dinner… I really hope he didn’t catch anything!