It was fabulous being on the Great Day St. Louis set and co-hosts Matt and Virginia welcomed me with open arms, and the entire staff from the producers to the camera man to the "Goddess of Sound" made me feel at home.

You can never underestimate a pretty and confident smile. It shows that you are healthy from the inside out, since your mouth and what you put into it plays an important part in the way you look and feel.

As a parent, I believe in involvement in my children's education. I don't think it is solely the responsibility of our school system to teach our kids. It's a team effort :

A business card is one of the most important tools one can have while networking and making moves. It is a way that we legitimize ourselves as true movers and shakers.

As an only child, I grew up in a household where my father wanted a boy. And since he didn't have one, he would have me sit with him during basketball, football, and boxing. I really didn't care to watch, but it made my dad happy so I went along with the program.

If you are anything like me, then shopping is indeed a sport. You can appreciate a good deal or bargain, and you are constantly searching for the latest styles, fashions, and household items online. Online shopping has made it so much easier for us to get the items we want and need----it doesn't matter if you live in a metropolis like New York City or a small town, everything is available to you online within a few keystrokes on your computer.

With the boom of social networking websites during the last three to four years, the digital divide is lessening. More and more folk are becoming computer savvy with networking with others online on sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Myspace.

There are a lot of job seekers that look good on paper but are unable to sell themselves in person during an interview. If you cannot sell yourself in an interview, you might as well kiss the job opportunity goodbye, especially in this current job climate in which everyone is looking for a job.

As a parent of two, the educational process is most important to me. The schools and teachers in which I entrust my children with play a pivotal role in the development and future of my kids, and I do my best to show my appreciation to those that teach my children on a daily basis.

One of those such areas is connecting others who would benefit from the connection. I was poor at this previously and thought it was high time I began giving back what had been given to me.

I decided to order business cards for myself and for my Communications Director, Kim, because we needed to separate this enterprise from our other blogs and businesses.

If your goal is to build your business or get to know others in your niche or hobby group, then you know how important networking is.

When I was a HR manager, I worked for a well-known franchise operation located here in St. Louis. And since there was a communications breakdown and division between both sides of the company (the customer service side and the sales side), it was my job to make sure that we worked in a more unified way.

I was delighted when I found out that I would be able to participate in a special pre-screening for the upcoming suspense drama, The Adjustment Bureau. I had seen the previews of this film several weeks ago and knew instantly that I wanted to see it when it came to the theaters---mostly because it starred Jason Bourne, er, Matt Damon who I absolutely love.

After all, V-Day is supposed to be about showing the one you love how much you care. And that doesn't have to mean spending a lot of cash---as a romantic, I love the simpleness of spending a quiet night at home snuggling and watching a movie.