I’m currently colleagues with two moms of babies and toddlers. When I talk to them, I am reminded of what my life was as a work from home remote tips when you have babies and toddlers. I was a remote…
Category: Musings on Me
International Students: Going Home for the Holidays Travel Tips
I had a trip home from college that was a doozy. I was a freshman…new to being away from home…new to the United States…at least as an adult. I had lived in the U.S. as a child. I was more…
TIPS: Family Finances, Banking, and Getting Out of Debt
Debt free? Seems like a pipe dream at the moment. With kids in college, public school, private school, and all kinds of activities, having no debt whatsoever seems like an outlandish idea. Or is it? Could we be debt free?…
GIFT GUIDE/REVIEW: Home Brewed Coffee, Keurigs, and Coffee
The water reservoir has to be HUGE! No more walking back and forth to the fridge water dispenser to refill. My house is on well water and I have a filter on the kitchen fawcet and the fridge water dispenser,…
FINANCE: If I Won the Lottery…
I purchased a PowerBall ticket. I bought it on a whim. A few weeks ago. If I won the PowerBall, I would pay off all.the.college loans. Paying off loans would be a gift to my family. Having all.the.money would be…
CHARITY: Giving Back and Social Media
4/24/2014: I was one of the first people in my community to embrace social media. I live in a rural community where 3-5 years ago people were hesitant to use email and certainly would not log on to Signupgenius.com to…
Kindness Matters
JollyTime Kernel of Kindness I think giving back to my community is very important. I give back through volunteering at my kids’ schools. through church projects, and by working at a local soup kitchen. I also participate in food, baby…
Musings from Me: Writing Journey
10/14/2013: I’m no stranger to writing. As a kid, I wrote several “books” about being a kid who moves back and forth from the UK to the US and even to Italy. I haven’t stopped writing since then…English major and…
This Part of My Life Is Called…Rushing
To borrow a line from the Pursuit of Happiness…”This part of my life is called…rushing.” Rushing. Dashing. Flying. Scrambling. These words describe my day-to-day life. I’m a wife…a mom…a work-at-home mom…a taxi driver…a housekeeper…an errand runner….a laundress…a maker of lunches…a…
My First Tweet
Am I cutting edge? Yes…and no. As far as social media, I was an early adopter. Got my first twitter account in June 2008. I wasn’t even working in social media. At the time I knew no one who had…
