He looked around the room and asked, “Who are you talking to?” — “You don’t have to make yourself miserable to be successful…success isn’t about working hard, it’s about working smart.” — Andrew Wilkinson One of the best parts of having 18- to 25-year-old grandchildren, nieces, and nephews is that they do not think the way I did when I was working. Even…

And Missouri isn’t the only state — “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.” ― Albert Einstein It never fails to amaze me the things that I do not know. I did not know pregnant women could not finalize their divorces in multiple states. …

This is not about me — “The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”–Babe Ruth This is my one-woman opinion. Not About Me Let’s get this out of the way: I…

At his performance review, they sought his commitment to an unbalanced life — Giving Management Hell I am glad I am retired from corporate American. The latest generation of our children is giving them hell. My friend’s son quit his job with literally 30 seconds’ notice, the time it took him to tell his boss goodbye. He graduated as a Mechanical engineer last year and was…

If this is what sleepy Joe Biden is doing while he is sleeping, sleep on — Don’t believe the GOP hype about sleepy Biden. If this is what his team is doing while he is sleeping, sleep on. Last week was a momentous week for people who lean liberal, but you wouldn’t know it from the news. Here are some wonderful things that happened this week…

No, you cannot drop our cat off in the middle of town and hope for the best — “A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere.” — Groucho Marx I was walking into the kitchen when I noticed my husband bent over a task. He had a write-in name tag and was working on it. When I walked over, he was writing the…

I was the first unwed mother to return to regular Chicago Public School classes — “Some things just couldn’t be protected from storms. Some things simply needed to be broken off…Once old thing were broken off, amazingly beautiful thing could grow in their place.” ― Denise Hildreth — Deceptive Cadence Fifteen and Pregnant One of the most unusual times of my life was when I was fifteen years…

If you don’t care about Monkeypox, just skip this story — “People never learn anything by being told, they have to find out for themselves.” ― Paulo Coelho, Veronika Decides to Die First, let me admit my terrible attitude. I Don’t Care I don’t care if you wear a mask. I don’t care if you want to kiss and rub against strangers. I don’t…

Florida wildlife is something else, no geese, chipmunks, or raccoons for us — Part of the fun of having a Ring doorbell is that when you join the doorbell watch program, information comes your way via phone alerts. When you are in the program, your neighbors report and upload items about your neighborhood. People report suspicious persons without the suspicious persons knowing they…