Wellness Warriors
“It’s a spiritual thirst and a spiritual hunger that was I trying to fulfill with empty calories. And I was killing myself.” Frank Ferrante September 29th a group of us are heading to Des Moines to see Frank Ferrante in his movie May I Be Frank. May I Be Frank documents the transformation of Frank…
Its Just a Simple Shopping Decision
If you could… -save money -get products that work -not have to go to the store to get them -and they are green why wouldn’t you? Objections I hear frequently include: I buy what my mom always bought. OOOOkay … let me talk to her then. Because I am pretty sure she’d like to save…
Win Win in Hampton
Sister Mildred Leuenberger, OSF from Stacyville was a big winner. Sister Mildred won $100 worth of Chamber Bucks in a contest in the Our Iowa magazine June/July issue. The winner was announced in the August/September issue. Sister Mildred was visiting a friend in the nursing home and that friend gave her a copy of the…
Are You in Pain?
Image via Wikipedia My mouse sucks. It’s old, it sticks, it closes windows when I want them bigger. It’s just an awful old mouse. Yet I keep using it. Reminds of that story about the hunting dog. Jake was rocking his chair on the front porch when I stopped by to visit. His old bloodhood,…
Too much
Image by the|G|™ via Flickr I can’t do it all. I find myself chasing after each new shiny penny that floats in front of me – and next thing you know I’m in a ditch with a broken ankle. The rest of the year I’m spending in taking a look at what I really really…
Just another day in the USA
Today I’ll visit a friend, go see my dad, get my hair done and go out to lunch with Mel. I’ll listen to part of the Iowa – Iowa State game. I’ll work on some contract website jobs, make some phone calls and share the benefits of living in a chemical free home, cook some…
Could Not Have Said It Better Myself
In today’s ‘free’ economy, we have become so used to getting things at no apparent cost to us, that many people actually start to believe that companies doing work for nothing is sustainable. At the end of the day, the sad fact is that money does need to change hands at some point because the…
Advice for a Business
Make your website really a blog. That looks like a website. Update often. Give back. Create affordable, easy websites. I have always thought the ‘big guys’ are charging way too much. And doing those static kind of things. You know, putting up information and expecting people to come see it. But there’s no reason for…
Collections
Need someone to come pick up that old washing machine? How about that TV that weighs a ton? We’ll do it! The Geneva United Methodist Church is having a fund raising Collection Event. Only this time there’s not a collection plate going around – it’s a fella named Tom and his crew in their vehicle. …
How toMake Your Life a Drama-Free Zone
Every so often Christine Kane writes something that speaks directly to me. Thank God she agrees to let me put it on my blog! I’m on a roller coaster ride in my personal life, and it’s pretty easy to be a drama queen. Here’s some great advice on how to take the crown off. One…