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A Big Life with Sissy Biggers!Your Big Life Starts Here! April 24 Serving Your Big LifeI’m sure we’ve all experienced those overwhelming days where you just wish you had an extra pair of hands to do all that stuff you can’t get to. With so many little things to think about in our daily lives it’s always nice to be able to make things as convenient as possible. So this got me thinking, wouldn’t it be nice to have a service or support that actually did all those little unconventional tasks for you.
I was at the dentist having my teeth cleaned and it occurred to me that I HATE to floss and I would PAY to have someone come to my house and floss my teeth a few times a week. Imagine a dental hygienist with the sensible shoes, and the uniform, and surgical mask, and latex gloves arriving and flossing your teeth in your own home???? Then I was thinking...I really can't imagine employing a housekeeper full time, but couldn't someone just show up every night at about 8PM and unload and reload the dishwasher? What about someone to just sit in the front seat of your car and change your radio so you don’t have to worry about driving off the road. Just think…there are so many everyday tasks I’d love to hand over to a service- especially the little things you tend to forget. Wouldn’t it be great to have someone come in just to replace the toilet paper in the bathroom? Forget ever having to deal with that person who always leaves the empty roll without replacing it! Voila, you could just hire someone to come in and change the roll whenever it was empty. How about someone to charge your cell phone? I can’t count how many times I’ve tried to call my kids, only to get their voicemail message and later find that they forgot to charge their phone so the battery died.Why not create a service for that and avoid playing phone tag! Or better yet what if you could just hire someone to make all those phone calls for you...Now that’s living a BIG life! Even if it may sound ridiculous, think about how nice it would be not to have to worry about all those little things after a long day. So what kind of services would you be willing to pay someone to do for you? Write me your ideas. The possibilities are endless! February 27 2007 Resolutions...how's that going?In the 58 days since January 1st when we all faced up to our New Year’s resolutions, this young year has dealt us challenges we could never have anticipated. The first couple of weeks, misery did love company and the obvious trappings of holiday pounds and bad habits were enough motivation to persevere…UNTIL …The first real confrontation: Super Bowl Sunday. That spread in front of the television covered every possible vice from gambling to gluttony. Ok…so we slipped and slid (like the pigskin that Sunday in Miami?) and we were forgiven…after all, so were DA BEARS. We steeled our courage, got back to the gym and used the cold as an excuse to take refuge from our bad habits under the coverlets in the company of other (new episodes!) Desperate Housewives. But THEN…nothing could protect us from the next unofficial American holiday timed to test our mettle: Valentine’s Day. Hopefully --to paraphrase the card I sent my mother—you didn’t find yourself all alone, like the chocolate with the oozy apricot center, stuck to the bottom of an empty box of chocolates. And if you did, well there’s always next year. The lunar calendar collided on day 45 with the Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras and the long, Presidents’ Day Weekend. On Friday night I insisted on take-out Chinese, ordered a King Cake overnighted from Haydels in New Orleans, and on Monday, I rolled out a buttermilk crust for a cherry pie in honor of our first President on Monday…. That’s A BIG LIFE…any excuse for a party. Oh, yeah. There’s one more celebration I had to brave…One of my best girlfriends had her 50th on Ash Wednesday. THAT was a test…but luckily I have 40 days to get it right. Did I miss a fete or event I should have honored? Do you feel guilty about your transgressions in this New Year? Write to me! Sissy February 16 Another Big Season!What a LOVELY way to begin our second season of A Big Life on msn.com. Our To Pop or Not to Pop segment got everyone thinking romantic thoughts. Engagement stories are the stuff (and myths) of life that crosses all cultures. It is a shared experience that elicits wonderful memories, even for those whose marriages turned out to be a ...well...more mythic than real. Even the more cynical and the long, long married are transported to a special place in recalling how our lives got BIGGER after the question was popped. Thanks, especially to Brandon in TX for sharing such a creative and successful approach. We loved his humor and thoughtfulness (not to mention computer graphics and printing skills!). We just had to post his novel engagement plan on our site. Congratulations and best wishes to the bride for your March nuptials. Many have asked how our friend Michael did on Valentines' Night with his steady, Amy. I'll have to ask around...he's been scarce since we went ring shopping.... and the office pool winnings are yet to be dispersed.... Did he or didn't he?? Oh, Mike??? Are you there??? (By the way, did you check out our extra segment with Mike? More fun facts about Weddings.) We are having a blast at A Big Life. Producer, Krista and our Director of Photography (note new HD technology) Mike are busy brainstorming to find new ways to approach the kind of topics that are a part of all of our Big Lives. This week (the third gray and frigid in a row in the Northeast) we thought a burst of color was in order with our Flower Arranging 101. I have to admit, even with my experience as the lifestyle co-host of PBS' Victory Garden, I am still slightly intimidated by flower design and mixing colors and textures. Our experts at Surroundings Flowers and Events in New York City provided a perfect winter respite amongst the fragrant stems they so generously shared in our demonstration. A tiny flower arrangement can make a BIG impression. We have lots of BIG ideas in the pipeline and A Big Life already snagged a few all-access passes to get inside Fall Fashion Week in New York. By now you've seen the flashes from the runways in Bryant Park. But only A Big Life will also take you shopping for the perfect outfit...(did I mention DISCOUNT?) to wear to a fashion outing or a night out with the girls when you want to hit a slightly trendy note. Look for those big tips next Tuesday. Sissy February 12 A Big ProposalWe want to thank everyone who submitted their proposal stories. In the interest of sharing the love, check out this wonderful story from Brandon B. of Addison, TX. Brandon, we wish you and your bride a lifetime of happiness! Here’s the story of how I proposed to Heidi, the love of my life and my soon wife-to-be. I already had the ring in hand, and she knew it was coming. I had decided to involve her in the design because I wanted it to be her perfect ring. It is a custom design adaptation of an art deco ring from the 30’s of which she had found a picture. It is very different, but definitely classic. Once we were far enough along in the design decisions, she had been excluded from the final design process and we had discussed nothing about it for about two months. I’m in my late 40’s, and although Heidi is much younger than me, she is not a nineteen-year-old bride, and this is her first marriage. She is a person that is loved and respected my many people and she has many close long-term friends. I knew very well that when we announced our engagement many friends would ask her, “Well, how did he propose?” and I wanted to be able to provide her with a good story to tell and a good memory. I wrote out the story of our courtship in the style of a “National Examiner” type story, including the requisite “believe it or not” types of exclamations. The title was “Lovers meant for each other take entire lives to find each other”. I created it in a PowerPoint with a picture of us in it, and laid it out to match the format of a National Examiner that I had bought at the grocery store. I went to a copy place that could make the appropriate sized two sided color copy in the right weight paper. I removed a page, recreated it with one side of it having my “creation” and reassembled the magazine with the story coming up on page 3. I then left it out on my kitchen table for her to see. She noticed it and asked why I had it. I told her that it had a story about us in it. She didn’t bite. After awhile, I “complained” to her that I had found this great article someone had written about us and she wasn’t even interested. So she reluctantly decided to humor me. She really thought it was just another of my pointless stupid jokes, with which she is always very patient. When she saw it and started to read it, she turned away from me because she claims that she doesn’t like me to see her cry. The last line in the story was, “Then one day Brandon got Heidi to read this story, and when it got to this part he said…” She turned to me with tears in her eyes. I offered the ring and said, “Will you marry me?” Well, we’re getting married on March 03, and it will most certainly be the happiest wedding anyone has ever witnessed. We will always have this proposal story to tell, and we also have the special copy of the National Examiner to keep and remember it. Brandon B. Addison, TX February 08 Sissy's Big Blogs: Season 2Another great season of A Big Life with Sissy Biggers is upon us. Check back next week for a fresh blog from Sissy. In the meantime, gear up for Valentine's Day by watching our latest video - To Pop or Not to Pop? |
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