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When did we start settling for "just o.k." or "good enough" or "less than stellar quality" or living in a disposable world become acceptable?

My husband and I were talking about this yesterday in regards to our now third Hamilton Beach coffee maker that has "bit the dust" in the last year and a half. Seriously, how often should one have to buy a coffee pot? Except for the glass pot itself, the rest of it is plastic, so I suppose we can send it to recycling?

To say that time flies when you are a small business owner is an understatement.

My daughter is going to be 8 years old this year. She was just an infant when I began this journey. My sons, will be graduating from grad-school and college in May. They are ROTC cadets who will become commissioned officers in the United States Army… all within 2 weeks of each other. Who knows where they will be this time next year.

In the blink of an eye, kids grow up.