Dearest CFO Readers:

If you read CFO in Google Reader or Google Chrome today, you likely saw a malware warning from Google. I want to assure you that there is no virus or malware.

Google has apparently (and incorrectly) decided that images from one of my favorite affiliate sites, Escalate Media, might contain malware. However, Escalate has assured its affiliates via email and on their Facebook page that there is NO malware, and that it is perfectly safe to visit chieffamilyofficer.com and click on the links. Not surprisingly, Google has not responded to Escalate’s efforts to remove the warning (does Google ever respond?), but Escalate is endeavoring to move their links to a different domain.

As a website owner, as you might imagine, this is a horribly scary event – and the greatest fear is that you will run for the hills and never come back to CFO. So please stick around! I’ve removed all Escalate images from recent posts, but it will take an extremely long time to remove them all as they are in hundreds, if not thousands, of posts at this point. Please be assured that I am as careful as possible about what I post here, to maximize the quality to you, and I would never knowingly expose you to a virus or malware.

Again, let me reiterate that there is no malware, and that visiting CFO and clicking on links in my posts is perfectly safe. And as always, thank you for being the best readers around!

Cathy

I have a lot of tasks on my to-do list – from deep cleaning the house from top to bottom and corner to corner to going as paperless as possible, from losing weight and developing healthier habits to decluttering so that everything in the house is either loved and/or well-used, and so on. My list of tasks cover every area of life, and is overwhelming when viewed as a whole.

But every task is achievable when broken down, and one thing I’ve learned from Flylady is that I can get a surprising amount of work done in just 15 minutes.

So I was thinking that in 2013, every day on Facebook, I’ll post one small thing I’m adding to my daily to-do list that will give me an extra push in the direction I want to go. For example, today, I found a new home for my food processor. I’ve been gradually removing small appliances from one of my kitchen counters, which has not only opened up counter space that is very handy when I’m cooking, but also makes the kitchen look bigger. Small changes like these add up over time, and can make a huge difference in our quality of life.

If you’re interested in seeing how small changes can add up, you can post your daily to-do item on Facebook with me, then come back and report how you did. Let’s make small changes turn into big ones in 2013!

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Remember the DIRECTV Classic tickets giveaway? Well, I have two pairs of tickets that have gone unclaimed, so I’m offering them up to the first two people who email me at cfoblog {at} gmail {dot} dom with the subject line “DIRECTV Classic Tickets.”

The body of your email must include the first and last name of the person who will pick up the tickets.

I’ll update this post when the tickets are gone. Good luck!