Iowa

What a great day!   Made a lot of business calls early in the day.  Set up appointments, left messages, moved my business forward.  Worked on the grant for the Old Stone House (Historical Society).  Wrote an article for the Hampton Today Who Knew Newspaper. Planned a tweet up in Mason City with Daniel Cline.…

If we are to survive as a small community, we have to think local.   I recently got picked up by the Des Moines Register to be on their business blog widget.  It’s a great honor and I am proud to participate.  So it got me to thinking, what is it I do that people…

What Books Are You Reading? I’m a bit of a book nut. Well, probably more than a bit. Here’s where I am reading and what I am reading. In the bathroom: My One Hundred Adventures by Polly Horvath. It’s a kids book, well – preteen. It starts out “All summers take me back to the…

Keri, Marjan, Denise, Norma, Deb, Pat, Elaine and I are on a team to improve our health and Live Healthy. If you live in Iowa, visit www.livehealthyiowa.org Then there’s Live Healthy America – it’s a nationwide, web based, and teamwork driven wellness program designed to help participants make positive and lasting changes. Www.livehealthyamerica.org What do…

My friend (from Iowa, like me) sent me this.  If you don’t find it funny – oh well, I’m cracking up!   Jeff Foxworthy on Iowa: If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Iowa. If someone in a store offers you assistance & they don’t work there,…

Have you given blood?  Why not?  Do you know one pint of blood saves three lifes (and families)? Manic Mommy is hosting her second annual Virtual Blood Drive.  Donate anytime between now and February 28, 2009; email a pic of you donating blood to manicmommy@comcast.net.  Inspirational stories and photos will be posted every Sunday.  Be…

Why shop local? The most obvious reason is to keep dollars in your local community. Your shopping can help keep someone else’s business stay open. I live in a county of just over 10,000 people. Our local stores here are having a hard go of it. Wal-Mart has painted the image that their products are…