Nov 19, 2016 | All gone for good, Giving something back, Just Jody, Sharing, Trying to matter
Last night was our first bout of cold weather in the North Texas area, and with an overnight freeze warning. I chose to sleep outside. I’d like to say I slept outside as one of my social experiments to try and help people in some way. No, this time it was to...
Nov 17, 2014 | Featured, Giving something back, Lost & Found, Sharing
I awoke this morning to a long feed of social media posts about snow in the North Dallas area this morning. Most people think snow is beautiful. I lived a portion of my childhood in Wisconsin and I see snow a little differently. Yes, it’s beautiful, but I only...
May 11, 2011 | No retail shopping, Save $, Sharing
I’ve done over 5,000 transactions on eBay. Not recently, and not all purchases either. I had an eBay business from the late 90’s until about 5 years ago. I still shop on eBay and so do my kids. I just had an interesting observation. Many of the items I...
Apr 19, 2011 | Cultural chaos, No retail shopping, Repurposed, Save $, Sharing |
I was given a challenge several weeks ago to come up with an artistic creative element to do during a church service. I remembered about two years ago, I had seen some motion sand art created on a light table with a camera mounted above it. As I started fantasizing...
Mar 23, 2011 | No retail shopping, Sharing |
A long time ago, I had a friend a that used the saying, “You can’t get blood from a turnip, but you can take the turnip.” I never paid that much attention to it, as I really didn’t need a turnip. Fast forward many years and here we go with...
Mar 17, 2011 | Downsizing, Mini challenges, No retail shopping, Save $, Sharing |
We’re taught from little on that we should always share. As we get a little older, we have our own stuff, but we’re still told to share on occasion. Then we hit our teens. I don’t think anyone told me I should share anymore at that age. We start...
Mar 14, 2011 | No retail shopping, Sharing
Do you share your stuff? If you need a drill, do you go out and buy one or do you try to borrow one? I mean, you just need a hole, right? I own a drill. My dad gave me a new DeWalt drill about 10 years ago, but that one got lost on a mission trip. I never found...
