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Photo Credit: Getty Images/Koldunova_Anna When something goes wrong, doesn’t go our way or doesn’t go as planned … when there is disappointment, sometimes our knee jerk reaction is to find someone to blame. For whatever reason, it feels good (at least seemingly) to assign blame to someone.  Our fear of failure and how it possibly […]

Credit: Getty Images/Everste It was a  sad day for many when the news broke that Tyler Trent had passed away.  His funeral was earlier this week. Tyler, as most know, is the 20 year old Purdue superfan that lost his battle with a rare form of cancer.  Tyler’s story was known in central Indiana and […]

photo credit: Marizza/Getty Images It’s that time of year where we are thinking about New Year’s Resolutions … where we “resolve” to lose weight or we “resolve” to run a marathon. The word “resolve” has a couple of different definitions – one is to “decide firmly on a course of action” … kind of like […]

Photo by Eric Allen Our Elf has a little fun with Gorilla Glue and Googly Eyes.

Picture by Eric Allen The Christmas season is a marathon, not a sprint.  The Elf has to stay in shape by pumping some iron … or marshmallows.  

Photo Credit: Tabitazn / Getty Images It must be a subconscious reflex this time of year, but the other day I found myself beginning a sentence by saying, “‘Tis the season …” As I was saying that, it hit me that ‘Tis the season to say, “‘Tis the season.” I mean, I never found myself […]

Photo credit: HT-Pix / Getty Images You’ve noticed they have walked by the sink several times today and yet, it never occurs to them to do the stack of dishes right in front of them!?  Your blood boils … frustration grows, until you say something passive aggressive (or just plain aggresive) about how apparently you are […]