Category: Soap Box Editorials

  • How to measure the emotional intelligence of your ‘wasband’

    How to measure the emotional intelligence of your ‘wasband’

    I have always had a publicly neutral response to my ex-husband.  Unless you know me well, I have never opened up to to spill the beans on my thoughts about the ‘wasband’ or why our marriage ultimately ended.    However, sometimes I can’t believe I ever married him.  Have you ever thought that?   Like…

  • Dare Dream Do

    Dare Dream Do

    Two words you need to know. Disruptive Innovation ….and if you want to sound smart you should use them in a sentence together.  Because it’s a theory, a business model, or even an approach to life.  Confused?  So was I, however I’m really excited about what I now know, and am learning, and am thinking…

  • Oh Boy!  Girls are sure opinionated…..

    Oh Boy! Girls are sure opinionated…..

    n the past few months I read this article.  It’s thought provoking to say the least. It’s about woman and if they truly can have it all by ANNE-MARIE SLAUGHTER. http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/why-women-still-cant-have-it-all/309020/ Today I read this article.  My eyebrows raised a little as I noticed I had an opinion too.   Was I referenced in this article?…

  • Are bloomers really appropriate to put out to dry?

    Are bloomers really appropriate to put out to dry?

    Truthfully I’m not sure what bloomers are…whether they are fashion or underwear, if they are modest or not and if they really are apropos to air out in the open for others to see.  The fact is when they are, it leaves you vulnerable and very much aware that you are exposed, naked even, with…

  • Please pass the parfait

    Please pass the parfait

    Today while talking with a co-worker, I mentioned how I love McDonald’s dollar menu. I truly feel some odd sense of pride when I drive away having only ordered $2.00 worth of food for both my son and I (frugal or cheap discussion inserted here). Later in the day that same co-worker brought me a…

  • Do this and Never do that!

    Do this and Never do that!

    My grandmother used to tell me to never leave the house in curlers.  What a wise woman she was and I miss her tremendously everyday.  Not that we all don’t know this but I guess the really question is, do we follow this wisdom?  I personally haven’t put curlers in my hair since my wedding…