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Several people have asked me how to put on the beautiful wrap bracelets that we sell.  So I decided to go out on a limb and record a video.  I hope it's helpful! - Leslie   Link:  Go to Wrap Bracelets in our store

I'm writing today because it's been far too long since I've updated you on our beautiful sponsored children!  I will not be sharing their names for their privacy, but I will share a picture or two and a little bit that I know about them. Our first student has a smile that hits you straight in the heart.  You know that he’s got to be a bundle of fun to have in class and oh so charming.   He is 7 years old and his name means “it is well”.  I could learn a lesson in just his name.  He’s...

I admit it.  I cried last night knowing that I’d be coming into work today for the last time to a cube with my name on it. I am being moved out of my beloved Tribune Tower.  Our company has split and Publishing did not end up with the real estate.  Starting next week Technology will work from our printing plant.  I know that a building is not a living breathing thing with a soul that matters for eternity but this move makes me grieve. I grew up with the Sunday Trib and listening to WGN. Working in the Tower is...

Time for true confessions..... I have a crush on the profit. Not the profit my company makes though I hope to have a crush on it soon but I'm talking Marcus Lemonis on CNBC's show, The Profit. I thought I had outgrown crushes but apparently not. I'm just glad it's not for the Bachelor type shows.  But really how much ("She's not here for the right reasons but I can absolutely assure you I am here for the right reasons") can you take.If you don't know the show, the premise is that Marcus (aka the Profit) goes into businesses that...

So….it’s September...the month AFTER I was supposed to do a Back to School post.  I have a lot of excuses of course, but I guess when it boils down to it, I really don’t like Back to School.  It represents so many things I do not care for....say for instance….school.  I never wanted to go back to school.  I did fine and was a fairly good student, but blech…it meant the end of summer, freedom and great weather.  As an adult it seems it has the same effect on me.  I have to listen to all those people that say...