activerain challenges: Mom's Christmas Cookies
- 12/20/20 07:50 AM
My mom's gift is making special days memorable. She knows just what to do and whatever she does is punctuated by an infectious laugh and a twinkle in her eye. Step aside Santa! The Christmas season in our house was always filled with homemade cinnamon rolls, Swedish pancakes (covered in powdered sugar and lemon juice) and, of course, her special decorated cookies. My mom would spend hours making cookies; snickerdoodles, haystacks, ribbon cookies and, our favorite, decorated cookies made from Aunt Chick's Classic Cookie cutters. There were always plenty of decorated stockings, holly leaves, stars, snowmen, Christmas trees and SANTAS! … (18 comments)
activerain challenges: Ch Ch Ch Changes ! ! !
- 01/26/20 10:41 AM
Sometimes, like the great David Bowie song suggests, you have to make some Ch Ch Ch Changes! Last year was full of changes for me. I closed one of my companies, added weekly newspaper marketing, earned a new real estate designation, started creating videos and devoted more time to fitness. It was a big change in focus and, more specifically, here is what I changed.
1) My companies-For the last 10 years or so I would run my painting business in the morning and my real estate business in the afternoon and evening. It seemed like a good … (13 comments)
activerain challenges: My Past Career as a Painting Contractor
- 10/03/19 05:32 AM
My first career started a long time ago in Stockton, CA. While I was in high school, I would spend a lot of time painting with my father. Actually, it started way before high school. My dad would set me up to paint a closet. He would paint the rest of the house and then come back and help me finish up the closet. I had more paint on me than the closet. Ha! I was so little! Once I made it through high school and started my years at UC Davis, painting became much more serious through the … (8 comments)
My mom's gift is making special days memorable. She knows just what to do and whatever she does is punctuated by an infectious laugh and a twinkle in her eye. Step aside Santa! The Christmas season in our house was always filled with homemade cinnamon rolls, Swedish pancakes (covered in powdered sugar and lemon juice) and, of course, her special decorated cookies.
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