Several years ago, I got a vague phone call from a nervous sounding neighbor who invited me to some party to meet some businessperson about something. I couldn’t make the date so I went to the next thing he invited me to, and soon found myself joining a multi-level marketing company. I learned a lot, [...]

Family is a major part of your happiness and the family room is where you spend time with them. Those whom you love the most (and who probably drive you crazy at times), are the same individuals you can walk around in your pj’s without your teeth brushed, no make up and crazy hair. You [...]

An older couple came in to my work the other day. They were commenting on how beautiful the area was and what a nice day it had been as they walked in. I began helping them and engaged them in some small talk as I often do. I wasn’t expecting to get much out of [...]

“Getting out of the box” is not the same thing as “thinking outside of the box.” At least not at Zagrum, a highly successful company with a mysterious initiation meeting for all new employees. Tom Callum soon learns that he has a problem—a problem that he was completely unaware of. But he isn’t alone. “Of [...]

This is the perfect after school snack! This recipe was inspired by a  Better Homes and Gardens booklet I found. Ingredients: 1 1/4 cups water 1/3 cup shortening 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 4 eggs 3/4 cup (3oz) finely chopped pepperoni (I only had half the amount on hand and thought it still turned out [...]

Sugar cookies have always seemed so bland to me unless you added lots of frosting. My mind was changed when eating a friends cookies a couple years ago. I immediately got a copy of her recipe and have been using it ever since. I was excited to pull out the recipe to make for the [...]