If you are anything like me, you are always working with different cookie recipes….all year long….but incessantly during the holidays! We always love our tried and true recipes over the holidays ~ iced Christmas cookies, lemon bars, skillet cookies, homemade fudge, snowball cookies, and nut cups are some of our favorites! However, we also love […]
Image by Mohamed Hassan from Pixabay No tienes que sentirte sola estas navidades Las navidades están a la vuelta de la esquina. ¿Te aterra el pasarlas sola? Tal vez hayas perdido a un ser querido, estás pasando por un divorcio o te acabas de mudar a otra ciudad. O tu familia vive lejos y no […]
(767 words)The question caught me by surprise. One of my oldest buddies had made the drive from Pittsburgh to Latrobe to spend the day drinking, joking and generally ditching the world of common responsibilities.So it was pretty much like we’d time traveled back to high school for a day of carefree hookie.Then he asked me […]
Who knew that a productivity drink could be made out of such wholesome ingredients? A few months ago I was contacted by an energetic author and business owner about his new product, the “Magic Mind Productivity Drink.” He offered to send me samples for an honest review on my blog and I thought, “Sure, I’m […]
On Tuesday, my new Apple desktop computer was delivered. I signed up for Best Buy’s Totaltech program, paying $200, because a tech would come to my house and install the computer. My iMac desktop is heavy and I didn’t want to lug it to Best Buy and also have to get a new heavy computer […]
For retired people in the United States, the recent interest rate hikes by the Federal Reserve are good news and bad news. The good news is that retirees will see an increase in their monthly income from their savings accounts and some other investments. The bad news is that it will become more expensive to […]
Call it the new kid on the block. Fixed index annuities (FIA) are a more recent offering in the world of annuities and we think they’re worthy of your attention. Now, before you run off, we know annuities have become something of a dirty word. And frankly, they’ve earned the reputation. Historically, some haven’t been […]
During the long and tranquil period for inflation that ended with COVID, 18 states passed legislation requiring employers to pay a minimum wage that automatically increases every year to protect their lowest-income workers from inflation. With inflation surging to 7 percent in 2021 and running even higher this year, the cost-of-living increases are paying up. […]
Holidays are typically celebrated with joy, laughter, and togetherness. But for many people they also represent sadness and loneliness. It may be sadness from loss of a loved one, separation from those we love and care about, whether family or friends. Others still don’t have anyone to share the holidays with, even from a distance. […]
No champagne. No ham. No excessive consumerism. No church. No thanks. In our family I was the Christmas scrooge. My parents put a good deal of effort into crafting a picturesque, traditional Australian Christmas with all of the trimmings. Yet my distaste for their seasonal favorites not only made me unpopular, but soured […]
