Eclectic Change

The Personality Potion

Image via Wikipedia While I was sitting at breakfast this morning, I noticed the book title that my 7 yr old was reading, TreeTops Stage 13 "The Personality Potion" (If you know the scholastic series, you will know that I am boasting because Stage 13 is for 9 to 10 year old.) It was evident to me that here was a blog post if I ever saw one.  So after every one had left for school and work, I sat down to read this delightful book by Alan MacDonald. The story is about a young boy Dann...

Fancy Hands or Fancy Pants? Not sure.

Life is full of chores and too many little things to do .  There is a new service in town that I read about in Fact Company and I am on my second month of giving them a go.  In principle - this is a fantastic concept and service.  Fancy Hands call themselves personal assistants in the clouds and describe themselves as: Every day there are things you need to get done, but they're not necessarily things that you need to do. Just email us and we'll take care of it. Sounds even better than a vir...