Reality Check

Power tools – what can I say? They make me happy. [...]

“Can I take gymnastics? I want to try horse back riding. My friends are all in Brownies …” Many parents out there are probably familiar with these types of questions posed to the powers-that-be – mom and dad – by our lovely children. We, as a modern family, seem to be in a constant time struggle to “fit it all in”. [...]

I would hate to add up the amount of minutes hours I spend on the Internet each day. When the weather is perfect, especially like it has been this week, it’s hard to justify the time we spend e-mailing, facebooking, blogging, tweeting … where do you draw the line between your online life and real life? [...]

To celebrate the end of my first week on the job at trampoline, I had to write my first finance midterm of the semester! Between the excitement of a new job and the boring labours of school, I had to find time to study for this midterm. [...]

When comparing sports with business, a few things come to mind: hard work, competition, and sportsmanship. Without these three main ingredients, regardless of whether we are talking sports or business, you’re guaranteed to fail. These ingredients, if used properly, spell out success. [...]

I know it has been almost 2 years since we pooped the bed over the Commonwealth Games, but I’m just now getting over the pain and almost over my embarrassment. Still not sure if enough time has passed for us to show our face again in public but more on that a little later. [...]

At trampoline we’re always looking for interesting and worthy ways to put our skills to work in the community. So when Mike Hachey from Egg Films approached us with a great idea, we couldn’t say no. [...]