practical and meaningful

evolve and survive

My daughter said to me yesterday that the one person that EVERYONE loves is Eddie Murphy. She only knows him from his current work such as Daddy Day Care and it made me realize how genius Eddie Murphy has been in his career.  I remember his comedy being racy and  full of bad language when I was young, I remember singing along to "Party all the time" a great pop song in the 80's, and now, my daughter belives he is the one person in the world that EVERYONE loves.  Nice work Eddie Murphy - way to evolve and survive and thrive. We can all learn something from his example!

hiking the stairs in culver city

Every day I drop my daughter off at school and go hike the stairs and trails in the Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook.

The view from the top is incredible.

It is an efficient way to get my cardio and constant exercize. I do it every day- rain or shine - and if I have time, I will go up and down a couple of times.

It is such a practical way for me to start my day! 

Bonus - Free parking and a drinking fountain and bathroom at the top of the hill!

purge before you splurge

The best way to curb unneccesary shopping (and to  "save" or "not spend" money) is to spend time going through your closets and drawers and purge what you no longer want or need BEFORE you go on a shopping spree. 

The process of doing this dulls the need to splurge.

                            -From Math for Life - my book on finances and money lessons