Karen’s Opinion

Entrepreneur Brett Merl Understands The Difficulties Small Business Owners Face

Because Brett Merl has worked in the voluntary benefits industry for over twenty years, he can relate to the difficulties small business owners come across during the normal course of a day. After experiencing the frustrations that various distributors faced when trying to locate top quality benefits packages, Brett Merl began Saturday Holdings, Inc®. With his entrepreneurial passion and strong business sense, he had a recipe for success right from the start.

Brett Merl Continues to Keep Things Fresh

Brett Merl realizes the market is ever changing. Therefore, he constantly investigates trends in benefits packages and searches for ways to meet customer’s needs. After conducting his latest research, Brett Merl came up with several unique benefits packages for businesses, individuals and families. The free and discounted legal help, financial education and credit counseling, mortgage mitigation services, and health related services are some of the most popular. Brett Merl continues to find out what companies need the most and offers unique solutions to these problems.

Passion Leads To Generous Programs For Brett Merl

Based on his passion for hockey, Brett Merl quickly discovered several youth hockey programs that greatly needed support. He took his love of the game and used it to start funding youth hockey programs in areas where there was a need, beginning in the state of Florida. After that initial start up, he supported additional programs in Michigan and Ohio, rejoicing in the chance to share his devotion of the sport with the next generation of players.

This week there are four questions about pasta.

1. What type of pasta is your favorite?I love the substance and taste of rotini.
2. Is there a type of pasta that you don’t like at all?Can’t think of any pasta that I don’t like.
3. What’s your favorite ravioli filling?Cheese, cheese, cheese.
4. Do you use regular or no-bake lasagna noodles?Regular. I have been using wheat lasagna noodles lately.

I have blogged before how pleased I have been with the prices at Zenni Optical. Well, I can tell you that the folks at Zenni have made their website even easier to pick out new glasses. Now you can use the new Try On feature–Zenni Frame Fit and pick out the type of frame that best fits your face. It used to be that when I picked out my frames, it was a hit or miss choice and I only hoped the style I chose would look good on me. With Zenni’s new try on feature I can upload a picture of myself and try onprescription eye glasses ! That is even better than going to a brick and mortar eye glass store. By using a picture, I can try on as many pair of eye glasses as I want. No more worrying about bothering the technician with my indecisiveness! I can take my time and even try on some styles I might normally pass over. Trying on glasses has never been this fun!

This pair is one of my favorite styles. At $12.95, I can afford more than one pair. I think it will be fun to have different colored frames. Maybe, a pair to match my favorite outfits! This new try on feature might become addictive.

Feel free to pass over this post. I want to get this out. I am sick of people at our church looking at my husband and me like we are odd because we don’t get all excited over a mission trip our church is planning. We don’t get excited because, in reality, we think our money could be better used here in the United States and these travelers are getting a glorified vacation. We keep that view to ourselves. I am sure that Haiti is in need. I know that our church members will make a difference there. Don’t count on me to fund the trip or act like we wish we were going. I am sending my money to our local Helping Hands organization. There are people in our county who don’t know where their next meal is coming from. I want to help them.

I have always disliked how parents seem to think it okay to exploit their children. There are a few who agree with me!

and, did you see the new show on TLC? Something about expensive parties for kids? Some families are worried about putting food on the table.