http://marciamcleesbogaert.com One day, sooner or later, we will blog together, for now, it's just me Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:43:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My other feelings on peace were best expressed in these two posts and the acrostic below: Peace begins with personal battles - fighting to not ignore ourselves, our needs. With that self strength we can make a difference. And then we must head toward peace, one step at a time. Click on ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2009/11/05/dona-nobis-pacem/ I'm combining blogs so I can delete a few, after a year and then some of blogging, I have a better idea of what I want to do with my blogs. I had so many, and when Leon changed careers and I started doing some of his paperwork and helping ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2009/02/18/work-and-play/ Update: Between Shelly and I, the four people also matching our donations and all of you who commented on the two blogs, we were able to donate 720 cans of food! That does not even count the other bloggers who did the same project!! Donating can of food for every ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/12/11/cans-for-comments/ Why is it necessary to use a real gun with blanks in a play, when sound effects can be done another way? Yes, the sound of a blank going off can be very effective, but in this day of digital recordings, are you going to tell me, as a parent, ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/11/17/another-unnecessary-death/ It is bad enough that so many people get caught up in, "I'll just pay it a week late", even when they have the money. But to have a business owner not pay his or her employees on time, especially when they are a solvent business.... What happened to responsibility in ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/11/05/pay-on-time/ Bail Out? Only if you are physically in a boat and it is sinking. Ok, perhaps, a couple of other situations might warrant it.  However, I feel the current bailout the government of America is working on, is not a good idea. As much as individuals want to blame the lenders ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/09/25/bail-out/ MORE! (Yeah, I got carried away chanting as I wrote it.) Shelly at This Eclectic Life is giving you a chance to make a memory for children, both ill and their well siblings, next summer. Cool, right? And, you do not have to be able to sew or knit or ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/09/20/one-charm-two-charm-three-charm/ Exceptions to rules are fine - and make sense - when those exceptions are thought out with care. When you just allow them when convenient to you or when you don't wish to take the time to think, or for favorites, you undermine not only your authority, but your esteem ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/09/09/rules-in-business/ People, in general, wonder why so many businesses go out of business. I wonder why as many stay in business as they do.  I realize it is difficult at times for management to get their point across to employees, to train them, to help them learn to treat customers as though ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/07/10/please-train-your-employees/ Advertising is a great tool, but advertising incorrectly, with more license than necessary, just shoves your product or service into the trash heap for many of us. You may trick me once, but if I have done my research and/or the second time you attempt, you are only playing tricks ... http://marciamcleesbogaert.com/2008/06/10/advertise-accurately-please/