Posted by Pambie | Dec 3rd, 2009
“Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.”
Winston Churchill
I was reminded of this quote in the past week when in search of a logo for a new product that I am introducing next month.
As a divorced mother of two who receives no child support and has one daughter in college, my funds are limited. I know exactly what kind of text-based logo that I want – I know, too, that if I was still...
Posted by Pambie | Nov 27th, 2009
If there’s one thing that I’m complimented on regularly (if not daily) it’s my beautiful skin.
Without meaning to brag, at 52 I am virtually wrinkle free and pore less with a porcelain complexion.
I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you that staying out of the sun has played a major role in my youthful skin. I’m a natural redhead and cannot tan to save my life. Fortunately I...
Posted by Pambie | Nov 25th, 2009
I have been an avid exerciser since my early twenties, when I became friends with a forty-something lady who was a regular runner (rather rare in those days) and she introduced me to jogging. Despite my pack a day cigarette habit, I fell in love with how running made me feel (and, eventually, it helped me to quit smoking) and ran once or twice a day for years.
I remember picking up moderate weight lifting...
Posted by Pambie | Nov 22nd, 2009
Today I received the following email in response to a “help” inquiry:
Please write back to confirm that you want us to remove all of this information. If you’d rather make this information private and not remove it completely, let us know when you write back.
It went on to say: Please note: this e-mail was sent from an address that cannot accept incoming e-mail.
And no instructions were given...
Posted by Pambie | Oct 25th, 2009
The city of Philadelphia ranks twelfth in metropolitan areas with the worst ozone air pollution.
So I guess it shouldn’t have surprised me when, shortly after moving here from the relatively clean Midwest in 1983, I began experiencing a series of upper respiratory ailments.
Things like strep throat, bronchitis, ear infections, sinus infections and pneumonia, which I had never even had as a child, occurred...