Addilynn and Alexander were thrilled when their parents got them a fabulous swing set with a climbing wall! What could be better? I know in a matter of weeks Alexander will be doing this by himself. But, for right now, he needs a little help. Have you ever felt that way in your life or business? […]
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School was not all that fun for me. I did all right but was thrilled when I graduated from college and thought my learning was done. I was wrong. Maybe ‘school’ was done but my learning certainly wasn’t. Now we get to learn what we WANT to learn and how fun is that?! Never ever […]
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Today is the perfect day to make the decision to leave the past where it belongs – in the trash or recycle bin. Go to that place (you know where it is) where you have stored all of those cassette-tape courses, trainings on VCR’s, home study courses of topics you could care less about and […]
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Something very interesting happens when you are thankful. You cannot whine and be thankful at the same time. The thankful thought always wins! Start today by starting or ending your day by writing down 3 things you are grateful for – and the key is to write them down! I use the “Day One” App […]
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A joke here in South Dakota is that in the summer the state bird is the Crane. As in ‘construction crane’. It is so true! We need to utilize the nice summer days to get the bulk of construction completed. In particular, the roads. It seems everywhere I go in Sioux Falls or on the Interstate there are […]
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My birthday was a few weeks ago and Bruce and I took the family (minus our girls who need to move back to Sioux Falls!), plus his parents, out for dinner. About halfway through the dinner I noticed a lady at a nearby table get up and she was choking. Her husband was patting her on […]
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I popped on Facebook and I saw the memories option on my home page. I love that feature of Facebook. As I was scrolling through the past posts I saw this picture I took 5 years ago. 5 years! I feel like I’ve blinked and the time has passed. This picture makes me smile and […]
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I have read and then re-read the book Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less by Greg McKeown Greg says the definition of essentialism is less but better. I love that! He also talks about how the word priority was singular for 500 years until we pluralized it in the early 1900’s. He says, Illogically, we reasoned that by changing the word we could bend […]
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About once a week we have circuit at my Kosama gym. There are stations set up with certain exercises at each one. This time each station had 3 exercises and we did them over and over until 4 minutes were up. 12 stations – 4 minutes each. That, my dears, is a work out! At one […]
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It may be time to take stock of your life and career. If things aren’t going so well – or everything stays the same and you find life lacking some luster – is it time for a new way to look and do things? I have started a new program and am seeing great results. The DESIRE […]
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