Perfection. The one word in the dictionary that can prevent you from following your dreams, growing a business, spreading your joy or finding your happiness…Perfection. Why does perfection hold us back so? According to Dictionary.com, perfection is…the highest degree of proficiency, skill, or excellence.  With that being said…do we ever get...

Last week was my husband’s birthday. His favorite store is Home Depot. It is not mine. I only go into Home Depot when I need a “home item”. And when I do,  I usually spend what feels like hours searching for whatever it is...

I have two dogs, Louie and Grace, and you will find us four or five times a day walking up and down our street. I don’t think they really need to go outside that often, but I do—so I drag them along. You see,...

Have you ever watched Skin Wars? I’m not a big T.V. watcher, but this show fascinates me. I love that artists can use the human body as a canvas and create an illusion that totally fools the eye. I particularly love this above picture....

In May of 1989 I was head nurse on a twenty bed orthopedic unit. I was also 5 months pregnant with my second child… and, I had found myself on the other side of the hospital bed as a patient—needing an emergency appendectomy. The...

Eight years ago I walked into a Toastmasters Club, not knowing anything about it really, and not knowing anyone. All I knew was that I wanted to learn more about speaking and frankly, I didn’t know where else to go. I remember after a...

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you will notice that frequently I post pictures or short videos of goats. I love goats, in fact you might say l’m a little obsessed with them. In my dreams, I have a vision of having several in my...

One of my favorite jobs ever  was when I was 17 years old. I worked at Bakers Shoe Store and sold shoes. I loved that job. It was a woman’s shoe store in the mall, so there was lots of traffic and women would...

I can remember a time, just six short years ago, when I had just retired as a nurse and I had plunged head first into the world of entrepreneurship. One of my closest friends would always say to me…you need to network. I would...

This has been my year of weddings. In April my son was married and coming up in November, my daughter gets married…at my home. As with most brides to be, she has a vision, many of which come from Pinterest. She creates boards, shares boards, likes boards…in fact, I receive notifications daily of boards that would...