Guest Posts
Stop Dabbling: Get Real About Your Business
Guest Post by Christine Kane – as always, here today with a great message! Stop Dabbling: 5 Starter Steps for Getting REAL About Your Business I call it “The Empire Mentality.” What it means is that you act like the owner of a major empire even before you have the clients or the bank account…
Read MoreCruising 101: Part Two
Yesterday guest blogger Mel Mayberry shared Part One of Cruising 101. Today we bring you Part Two. Ports of Call: Our ports were Grand Cayman and Cozumel. No need to worry about finding your way around. The ports are used to tourists and ships, and are happily ready to accommodate the happy vacationers. On Grand…
Read MoreCruising 101: Part One
Mel Mayberry is a guest blogger here and she just returned from a cruise. Having never been on a cruise (me either) she shares with us her advice for cruising. Today is Part One, tomorrow is Part Two. Thanks Mel! Taking a cruise had been a long-time desire for this girl who suffers from wanderlust…
Read MoreChristmas Market in Bischofszell, Switzerland
I met today’s guest blogger, Nanette Pawelek on an airplane headed to Minneapolis from Salt Lake City. She was on her way to Amsterdam with her mother. We had a wonderful conversation and I asked her to write about her upcoming trip to the Christmas market in Switzerland. Please enjoy! Bischofszeller Adventsmarkt The end…
Read MoreHow to Deal with a Bad Day
Christine Kane is one of our favorite guest bloggers, and it’s been awhile since she’s been here. Todays post offers some good, gentle advice on how to deal with a bad day. Let’s face it. No matter how much progress we make, we’re still going to have “bad days.” You know the ones. When the old critical voices…
Read MoreHarvest of Love
When thinking of writing in the month of October, naturally my first thought was the activity synonymous with this time of year…harvest. We were blessed with great weather for the harvest season, as well as better than expected crop yields. But “harvest” has taken on a new meaning to me since I became friends with…
Read MoreNeed Ideas? Conduct a Quest!
Barbara Winters is joyfully jobless, and one of my favorite people to listen very close to. Today she is guest blogging for us. You can follow her at www.joyfullyjobless.com During the Middle Ages, knights set out in droves in search of the Holy Grail. Many of these quests lasted for years and, as you may…
Read MoreConcentric Circles
Melanie Mayberry is a lot like you and me. She goes to work, she volunteers in the community, she has good friends and she sings in the choir. She also can put pen to paper and write an interesting review, tall story or the truth. I’ve asked her to share here monthly with a blog…
Read MoreThe Little Drummer Boy
Today’s guest blogger is Melanie Mayberry. Mel writes about stewardship, and I believe Thanksgiving is the perfect time to talk about how we are (or are not) stewards. I would guess nearly everyone sings along to the familiar tune of “pa rum pa pum pum” this time of year. In the lyrics, the singer relates…
Read MoreThe 9 Skills Every Woman Should Master
Christine Kane is our guest blogger today – and one of our favorites! There’s a popular Esquire Magazine article called “75 Skills Every Man Should Master.” There’s stuff about baseball, neckties, and other things that most of theextraordinary men in my life could care the least about. It got me thinking about the happiest, coolest, most…
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