Posted in Celebrate, Healthy Wealthy and Wholesome, Lifelong Learning, MoneyMatters, Reason to Party, Resources

The Rewards of Dinner

With the upcoming benefit dinner a few months away, time! place! venue! and even a theme all squared away, Ama a member of the dozen member planning committee asks the question

How much are the dinner tickets going to go for?”

The room goes quiet for a quick second as they scan the budget document in front of them and just then Tonye asks

What is our biggest expense?”   Continue reading “The Rewards of Dinner”

Posted in Lifelong Learning

Why Hang onto the Hinges, Live a Little

That is all it was in the beginning.

Change the builder’s grade brass door knobs.

Soon enough it became crystal clear that the challenge was in keeping this project simple, short and sweet.

Image Credit: Hardware Tools Workshop Screwdriver Wrench Clip Art from Vector.me
Image Credit: Hardware Tools Workshop Screwdriver Wrench Clip Art from Vector.me

I have no one else to blame but myself for giving in to the nudging or more like taunting of my inner voice to “live a little and up my game”.    Continue reading “Why Hang onto the Hinges, Live a Little”

Posted in Lifelong Learning, Lights, Camera, Shoot!

Pixels, Zoom, Depth of Field…What does all of this mean?

I just want a digital camera.

Ready Set, Cheese!

Not so quick.

Fleeting Image
Fleeting Image

Whoosh!  It happened so fast.  The cute, little ring bearer dashing down the aisle in the opposite direction of the altar where the wedding couple stood.

So what you ask?  Pause…

Continue reading “Pixels, Zoom, Depth of Field…What does all of this mean?”