Walt Disney said “All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” I’m reasonably sure that when he said ‘dreams’, he meant ‘aspirations’, or ‘goals’ …but maybe not. Maybe he meant ‘visions’. Those words are all related. Mr. Disney was consumed by imagination and fantasy and sadly, he isn’t here [...]
I was thinking about what might make a good blog topic when the most intriguing subject revealed itself…
Morgan Hill. Anyone ever been there? I have; many times. When I was in the high school marching band back in the 80’s, Live Oak High School from Morgan Hill was one of several large powerhouse bands we [...]
In case you didn’t notice, Thursday April 22 was “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day”. This day, created in 1993 was intended to inspire students to think beyond school and see the connections between the curriculum they learn and the job skills they need. Originally just for girls, it was expanded to include [...]
The cost associated with elementary sports (or all co-curricular, for that matter) is a question that has been raised quite a few times. There is a feeling that that are no firm answers, and to a certain degree, that is correct. Depending upon several factors, costs are not absolute and change from year to year. [...]
Sly, sneaky, crafty, clever and scheming. Those words describe my husband. Thank goodness he uses his powers for good instead of evil. What did he do, you may ask? I’ll tell ya’ what he did.
My birthday was March 31. For weeks, he’d been telling me that we were going somewhere for my birthday, but wouldn’t [...]
“It is important that people think outside the box, and try to find innovative and inexpensive ways to improve what we do. We just have to do our homework when exploring the possibilities.”
I said that. Back in November of ’09 when discussing 4-day workweeks on this very blog, I said that. What is more important [...]
Yesterday was March 15. A rather famous day in history, really. Way back in 44 B.C., Roman dictator Julius Caesar, it is said, had been warned to “beware the Ides of March”. He should have taken the warning seriously, because it turns out that on that day—the Ides of March—March 15—he was assassinated by a [...]
I know. That is a pathetic play on words. But it got your attention.
I was never an athlete in school. I tried track once in elementary school. In 5th grade, my teacher told me to try out because I could sprint fairly well. I went to practice every day, running the 50 & 100 yard [...]
I thought I was done with “3am feedings”. I remember the first time my son slept through the night when he was an infant. I woke up in a panic, and rushed in to his room to check on him. I watched him breathe until I was convinced he was OK. Nowadays, because my son [...]
