Carrying Christmas into 2012

By now the stockings have been un-hung, the decorations packed away except for perhaps a stray snowman here and there. Thoughts go from cookies to calories from gifts to goals. It’s easy to get into a post holiday slump–especially if Christmas didn’t go quite as planned. Perhaps your spouse was grumpy, your children decided that…

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Opening Doors in 2012

Do you remember when we all went to our favorite oven-fired pizza restaurant, Puccini’s, just a few months ago?  Well… it was when the very embarrassing “Cheese Stick” incident happened (which scarred this Hott mama for life, by the way).   Anyway, earlier this week, I got the bright idea to return and then drive around to…

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Faith and Business 101: New Years Checklist

Although I have ever since given up the infamous “New Years Resolution” I have found that the New Year is a wonderful time to set up goals. These are different than resolutions because a goal is something that you will continually try to work towards, something that it’s OK to “fall off the bandwagon” for…

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