Fostering an Orphaned Mouse. Mr. Hubert a.k.a. Soy Sauce.

In May we went for annual portaging trip and in tow were two tween girls (this becomes relevant later on). At some point during our adventure a friend was fishing and noticed a mouse swimming for it’s life away from a snake. Being the professional fisher-woman that she is, she was able to reel in the snake …

In March my 10 year old daughter had her annual checkup and the doctor asked me how much physical activity she does in a week. She started describing all of the exercise she gets, gym class twice a week for an hour, team sports two days a week with her school, playing tag or manhunt …

I have been involved with coffee since I was thirteen. Twelve if you count iced coffee, which you should! I love coffee. It’s good in the morning to wake you up. It’s good in the afternoon to pick you up form a bad day and give you an excuse to take a short break. It’s …

Why unemployment is sometimes a population problem not an economy problem.

I have recently had the pleasure of reading 800 resumes to hire an employee for an admin assistant position. It does not offer great hours, benefits or pay. What it does offer is paid employment and job experience along with the potential for advancing within a small company, networking and at the very least a …

Why in the world am I blogging?

So. What has brought me here? Do I really think anyone on the world wide web is going to seek out what I have to say?  NO. Do I really have so much spare time that I can keep up an interesting blog. Definitely not. Do I even have interesting enough things to write about? …