November 11

How much is Enough?

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The Mexican Fisherman (=an oldie but a goody =)

An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large fin tuna. The American complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them.

The Mexican replied, “only a little while.”

The American then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish?

The Mexican said he had enough to support his family’s immediate needs.

The American then asked, “but what do you do with the rest of your time?”

The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos, I have a full and busy life.”

The American scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds, buy a bigger boat, and with the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats. Eventually, you would have a fleet of fishing boats. Instead of selling your catch to a middleman you would sell directly to the processor, eventually opening your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually NYC where you will run your expanding enterprise.”

The Mexican fisherman asked, “But, how long will this take?”

To which the American replied, “15-20 years.”

“But what then?”

The American laughed and said that’s the best part. “When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich, you would make millions.”

“Millions?” asked the fisherman, “Then what?”

The American said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evening, sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos!”

(Author Unknown)

November 3

Germs! YUCK!!

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Fear not! Gleek the Super Dragon knows how to slay germs!
Be they mouth germs, hand germs, or germs flying through the air, Gleek empowers all of us to be GERM SLAYERS!

Kids will LOVE slaying germs after they hear Gleek’s tales!

Pick up Gleek’s tooth brushing book and handwashing book for the littles in your life! visit www.gleekthedragon.com or find them on Amazon

https://www.amazon.com/Gleek-Super-Dragon-Slays-Germs

 

January 23

My Smarty Pants Phone…

these phones were cutting edge, but now look jurrassic

Seeing the ‘Throwback’ picture posted by Cindy Indavis got me thinking about our phones… I was so jazzed that my 2009 phone not only made phone calls, but could text, take videos as well as pictures and had custom ring tones! Cutting edge not all that long ago, but looking quite vintage compared to the smart genius phones of today. Making calls is one of the least used options on my phone these days…

It is mind boggling how many gadgets fit into my phone… the ultimate space saving device!

I mean this little smarty pants phone

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is doing the job of all these things! 

P1011009and MORE!!

We don’t have a full set of encyclopedias to include in the picture, or every newspaper, book and magazine I might ever want to read… but, being an old fashion girl, when I’m in the mood to read I wouldn’t think of using my phone – I curl up on the sofa with my kindle.

What about you? Anything missing that you use your phone for regularly?

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January 19

Missin’ Tink

Today lil Kim would be beating me to the half century mark, and I’d have never let her hear the end of it…

Happy Birthday sTinkerbell!

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   Miss you always, love you always

2004

2004

Kim and Sam 2005

Kim and Sam 2005

Auntie Tink With EmmiJoy 2011

Auntie Tink With EmmiJoy 2011

 

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January 9

Uptown Funk

Funkin Mark & Bruno

Does it mean I am losing my Rocker Chick edge if I can’t help diggin this Uptown Funk?!

If this don’t make your shoulders start boppin then someone needs to check your pulse!

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January 6

Convoluted confusing confounding Common Core

CommonCore2014-09-30-kid-test WTFurby?!?

The student’s answer makes a lot more sense to those of us who have to do math in real life. Clearly common core is replacing common sense. Most will agree that simplification is valued over complication. The Common Core approach to math is useless in the real world! Isn’t the entire point of school to prepare students to enter the real world? If a teaching method does not actually prepare people for reality, then it has failed. Simple.

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