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Oprah's Next Chapter: The untold story of Kasie Savage (definitely untold by Oprah)...

Well after 4 glorious weeks living la vida loca, I can say with 100% certainty that I am now bored senseless.  I actually got excited today when a telemarketer from Karachi called: "Fred" with thick accent: "Hello m'am (I hate 'm'am' by the way), how are you today?  I'm calling from Quality Duct Cleaning..." Me: (Yay!!  A well-mannered gentleman who cares about the air quality of my home and the cleanliness of my ducts) "Go on sir, I'm listening..." I didn't really want my ducts cleaned, but I was interested in hearing a great and compelling sales pitch.  You see, I really miss using my gift-for-the-gab to entice others into buying whatever it is I sold in my former life as a home shopping expert and Host.  It's certainly a specialized field and I could always boast, "that I'm only 1 of 13 people in the entire country doing this job!" So how did this career in TV start?  People often ask...(if you didn&

I'm back: Memoirs of my prime earning year (singular)

Inhale.  Ahhhh....you smell that my friends?  It's the sweet, sweet smell of freedom, possibility, opportunity, comfy clothes, ponytails, home-cookin', clean kids and perfectly seasonal urns... Yes, it's the bittersweet stench of unemployment.  That's right, after 15 plum months in a cushy, high-stress, 3" heels, latte-drinking management role, I was recently "exited" due to "restructuring" (read: canned).  Here's my story for all of you at-home Moms who have ever wondered just how green the grass is in the 25 square-feet of corporately-assigned cubicle space you've fantasized about occupying whilst being pummeled upside the head by an errant soccer ball at the playground...  It's a cautionary tale for the ages. Let's take a little step back in time for a sec, to remind you that prior to June 2013, I was a contentedly busy at-home Mom, part-time freelance TV product expert, occasional community volunteer and full-time nag to