The Power of Connecting With People

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With stay at home orders being the norm over the last year, so many of us have withdrawn from society and friends. We’re not meeting for lunches anymore, our social hangouts are either closed or only open limited hours. Heck, some of my kids are still on weird hybrid school schedules. It’s been really easy…

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A Ratterman Holiday

The holidays are wrapping up, and holidays often bring a lot of stress and anxiety for many households. Where do we celebrate? Who’s bringing what? What time to we need to be at which house? We’ve really perfected the holidays in our household, which makes for much happier and less stressful celebrations. Even though Jeff…

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Caught Up in the Chase: Trading Time for Money

Don't let money steal your time

In one way every life is equal, none of us have an unlimited amount of time! Seems like we think about it a lot as it is the subject of a many stories, from immortal vampires to time machines. Even in our everyday lives there are ads all over touting time-saving gadgets and cosmetics that…

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Life OVERLOAD (aka: operating in CHAOS)

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Many of us have so many roles in life.  We are moms, wives, friends, cooks, drivers, homework masters, some of us are also web designers, social media masters, party planners, small business owners, employees, etc.  Life is constantly throwing things our way and many of us are just fighting to keep our heads above water. …

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