Happy New Year

I wish you a safe and happy New Year to you and yours. Let’s hope that next year will be a much better one for everyone, every where. Gotta get used to writing 2014 everywhere now.

Happy New Year 2014
Have a Safe and Happy New Year

 

 

Small Businesses

A small business is sounds like it would be easy to handle on your own, but with all my experience I have learned help is sometimes needed. My niece whom I helped raise when she was still in diapers, opened up her own small business in the Raleigh, N.C area after she had finally  earned her degree last year.

She seemed to have everything in order until she had visited last week and had told me that she learned she was expecting a baby in a few months, and she needed help handling some things with her small business. I had asked her if there was anything I could do to help without having to up and leave my farm, to move closer to help. She replied back saying she needed professional help but she didn’t know where to start, so I came up with an idea that might just help her.

We took an evening during her visit here, to search the net for any advice or help. It didn’t take long to find the perfect way to help her out for such a great deal by having local accountant help her with her bookkeeping, tax preparation, and financial statements. My niece was ecstatic to see that they were offering what she felt she needed help with for her small business.

She is now working with a great accountant and has been updating me on her stress levels, and it has dissipated tremendously since she had gotten back with the help she needed. I’m so glad I could help her without taking drastic measures to up and move from my home, and help her reduce her stress, since she is now pregnant and expecting.

Obesity Statistics, Eating Us Alive

The Obesity Statistics are a major concern right now. We have become a population of over eaters and the cost of the related medical care is eating us alive. I realize that most of the people I know are dealing with weight issues.  Being overweight and suffering from those complications are weighing heavily on their mind as well as their bodies. I’m so glad that the “fat gene” isn’t abundant in my family. To be honest, there are a few family members who could stand to lose a few pounds, nothing major though, ten to twenty pounds, tops.

family's fat gene
Don’t Accept Your Family’s Fat Gene

Reader’s Digest

I have always enjoyed the monthly Reader’s Digest that manages to find it’s way to my mailbox each month. With not a lot of extra time on my hands to spend reading any books, it’s nice to be able to pick up a Reader’s Digest and find something interesting and entertaining to read that doesn’t take up a lot of my time.

I’m surprised that I haven’t received a bill from them yet telling me that I need to send in more money to renew the subscription that my parents had forever and day. They must have paid way in advance or Reader’s Digest has just forgotten about us, either way I won’t look a gift horse in the mouth at this time.

readers digest
Readers Digest Mag