Tag Archives: Business

Top Ten (Thousand) Reasons Your Significant Other Should Not Pay The Bills.

When I was single I paid the bills.  When I first got married, I paid the bills.  In fact, I paid the bills for fifteen years. One day my husband opened a phone bill and flipped.  He thought the finances … Continue reading

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The Final Results of How To Prepare For A Garage Sale Without Losing Your Mind Or Your Husband: Part IV

Our garage sale Saturday wasn’t my first time to the rodeo, but there’s always room for a new trick. Two hours before we officially opened, a woman with bright yellow uncombed hair spilling over her Harry Potter glasses appeared and … Continue reading

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How To Prepare For A Garage Sale Without Losing Your Mind Or Your Husband: Part III

With two days left before our garage sale, my husband and I were tripping over boxes of cookbooks and the collection of sun faces I’d decided to purge.  The man who wanted me to get rid of anything and everything balked … Continue reading

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How To Prepare For A Garage Sale Without Losing Your Mind Or Your Husband: Part I.

Before I was married, my annual garage sale was a social event.   On Friday night, I’d invite friends, relatives, and neighbors to a preview party, supply a ten foot sub-sandwich and libations, award door prizes (one year it was my … Continue reading

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A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Tuesday

My husband can smell wind in the air two days away.  He can tell you if it’s a northerly or southerly route and how many mph it will be.  He can tell you hour by hour the exact time it … Continue reading

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Picking An Apple: A Blog Dog Weighs In… Literary Rambles by Casey McCormick

  Here’s the thing; if I’m not writing, I should be finding an agent for my middle grade novel.    Writing to an agent to ask for representation is called querying.  The elusive art of writing query letters is almost an … Continue reading

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