Archive for November, 2007
Placing value on a home office makeover
Sunday, November 25th, 2007Back in 1994, when our middle child was coming along, the Zbar home office was about to get booted — again — from a bedroom. This time, we converted part of the patio into a home office. Along with that conversion, I paid about $1000 for a custom-built desk designed to my specifications. That piece of [...]
A crisp breeze in the home office
Sunday, November 18th, 2007‘Winter Lite’ has officially arrived in South Florida. Our first cold snap, OK, maybe it was our first not-so-oppressively-hot-day-of-the-season has arrived. I opened the sliding glass doors and my home office window - and felt a cool breeze waft through the home office. Try that in the corporate tower downtown. Even if you’re a teleworker, working [...]
One man’s trash…
Monday, November 12th, 2007Reading Christina’s blog from yesterday - as well as hearing the tales of wildfire survivors - got me to thinking about what’s important in my household. With a wife, three kids and a dog, we certainly have a few possessions that register as “important.” But considering that my office is in my home, should anything from that space rank higher [...]
Treasure or Clutter?
Sunday, November 11th, 2007As I sat in church this morning, not too interested if truth be told, the speaker talked about the fires in California and how the people literally had but moments to grab what they could before the fires consumed their homes or before the evacuation which left them with no time to go through and take [...]
Look at this picture and allow yourself to be present…
Saturday, November 10th, 2007The mind, body and spirit are one when we allow ourselves to be present in a moment, to capture the essence of a photograph, the aura of a another human being… It is being at one with the now. Ever heard of the book The Power of Now by Eckhardt Tolle? It’s all about being present [...]