April, 2012 - Surviving and Thriving

A new look, just in time for the party.

April 30, 2012April 30, 2012 by Donna Freedman

For six months or so I’ve been saying that I wanted to teach myself how to redesign this site. What I was really saying, of course, was “I probably never will do this, but I sure would like to.”

But then I met web goddess Casey J. Curtis at the Emerald City ComicCon. Don’t all the best stories begin with anecdotes like that?

Talking with her got me off my dime, finally, about the redesign. The timing was perfect: Today is the second anniversary of Surviving and Thriving. To thank you all for sticking with me, I’ve planned an anniversary-sized giveaway.

How much is the senior prom worth?

January 28, 2014April 26, 2012 by Donna Freedman

Would you spend 6% (or more) of your gross annual income to send your teen to the prom? A survey by Visa Inc. indicated that families earning less than $20,000 per year planned to shell out $1,200 for the annual school dance.

I don’t know what’s scarier: The fact that parents are willing to do this or the fact that kids think it’s necessary.

An Earth Day giveaway.

April 29, 2012April 22, 2012 by Donna Freedman

An easy way to reduce your carbon footprint is to bring your own shopping bags. Let me make it easier still.

Here’s what the winner will receive:

Quarreling with blessings.

April 22, 2012 by Donna Freedman

I am at war with my body. That was the thought that came to me toward the end of the massage I had on Friday. Sometimes the oddest things come to me when I’m not focusing on a dozen things at once.

Oddest, and usually the most apt. When my defenses are down, the truth sneaks up.

A vacation giveaway.

April 29, 2012April 13, 2012 by Donna Freedman

Nope, not giving away a trip somewhere. I’m on vacation, and forgot to plan my giveaway.

But that works in your favor.

A truly Marvel-ous opportunity.

April 6, 2012 by Donna Freedman

Last week I attended the Emerald City Comicon in order to visit with my brother, the independent artist GW Fisher. Four samples of his work can be seen in this post. They’ll also be given away.

I didn’t get a glimpse of George Takei or Wil Wheaton, but I got an eyeful of costumed revelers: superheroes, anime characters, steampunk posers and a tall young woman in a Wonder Woman bikini who left a string of broken geek hearts in her leggy wake.