JudyAnn Lorenz's (vajudy) Blog

Do you have a daily plan?  Years ago, during Iowa's tornado season, I kept a kerosene lamp in the basement and extra jackets and old shoes in a box by the basement door.  We seemed to have to run down there at least once a week.  But, we didn't have a weather plan as such.  Because of a state cam...

Winter-Winter-Winter.  Please accept my concerns for the people in Florida who are suffering through the storms.When I lived in Wyoming, the dry, cold winters were long, but we hardly ever got a school day. When the temps dipped to fifty below, we started our vehicles every few hours and went to ...

   On February 14, The Mansfield Area Chamber of Commerce at Mansfield, Missouri will be hosting a luncheon with dynamic guest speaker Paul DelPhino at the Mansfield Community Center. Paul is willing to share his knowledge with the business and interested people of the Mansfield area. This is the...

Expressions, two or three word prhases, even sometimes only one word, pronounced very expressivel, cycle the double talk and colloquial lingo dizzily in our society.  I have a hard time keeping up with just what is 'in' to say, just when to say it, and just exactly what would I be saying.Remember...

I'm trying to decide if the darn moles in the yard are a nuisance or if they are aireating the soil that will turn to near cement when the ground dries out.   The dog would happily trench the yard trying to locate the mole that has been long gone, burrowing along in the dark.  Someone had told us...

URL  - Uniform Resource Locator  CPU Central Power Unit     RSS - Real Simple Syndication (for one)  SOL - Sorta Out of Luck   ROFL - Rolling on the Floor Laughing   BRB - Be Right BackBut really this is about UPS   Uninterrupted Power Supply.   My computer guy told me a few months ago that I nee...

A little Internet searching can get you pages and pages listing directories longing for a chance to list your website and give you "more exposure" on the Internet.  The BIG LIST I had to work with had      Duds - too much time trying to figure out if that site really didn't work any more or if it...

Human resources hold a viable and valuable place in the office and corporate environment.  Maintaining a communication between employers and employees has business advantages when measured against the costs of training for new employees, the losses during the learning curve or during the time whe...

We've discussed the issue that Microsoft is dropping FrontPage which has been the base for making lots of us feel like geniuses while building our own websites.  FrontPage is being replaced at ‘our' level by Microsoft Expressions.  I downloaded the trial last night to see if I still have what it ...

What Queen Esther Knew - Business Strategies from a Biblical Sage - Queen of Persia - Leader -- Heroine"Ancient Wisdom: "Wait for people to take you under their wing."  "Modern Truth: "Find someone's wing to grab onto."This little book has been a favorite for awhile. Written by Connie Glasser and...