November 21st, 2006
Thrifty Mommy, another b5media blog, is hosting this weeks Carnival of Family Life. This week the carnival went with a Thanksgiving theme.
Stop by to get some great tips and stories before the holiday officially starts.
I will be hosting next week’s carnival. Go here to submit your own post for next week’s the Carnival of Family […]
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October 27th, 2006
Yesterday, I had to watch the kids for a little bit in the morning which caused me to get to work a couple of hours late. Which also made me get home a couple of hours late. When I walked in the door, the family was just finishing dinner and we ran around […]
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October 24th, 2006
Kids think that money grows on trees. My kids think that all you have to do is hand someone a debit card and you magically get to take anything you want home. They are three. Most kids don’t learn that money is a real thing until well into college when they start having trouble paying […]
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October 23rd, 2006
I started a new assignment with a new client last week. Now that fall is here, I am starting to break out my sweaters again. They felt really good last week when I was at the heigh of my cold. On the second day, they joked with me about the dress code requirement that everybody […]
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October 22nd, 2006
How much of your family life do you bring with you to the office? Do you share stories about your kids’ accomplishments in school? Do you tell them when your kids get a cavity? Do you beg for money from your coworkers so your kids’ band program will not get cancelled?
School fundraisers are everywhere these […]
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October 20th, 2006
Living in the suburbs and working as a consultant involves some fairly long commutes from time to time. I spent most of the first half of the year working for three different companies all in the same five mile radius about an hour commute from my house.
That puts a crimp in the old family time. […]
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October 18th, 2006
During my recent illness, I forgot to mention some other new blogs in the b5media family that might be of interest to anybody reading this blog.
In the Family & Relationship category, please welcome Christina Zola of Solo Mother and Jay Allen of Parents Behaving Badly.
In the Science and Health, please welcome Angela White of Breastfeeding […]
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October 17th, 2006
Suffering a cold at the office is just about the worst. About the only thing worse is when you have to stay home alone with the kids and you are sick and the kids are not. I have had a cold for the last couple days and have been stuck in the office. I do […]
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October 16th, 2006
I just got fingerprinted to use as an ID at work for the first time. The little laser scanned my finger and they sent me on my way telling me that in an hour or so they would push the file up to the network and I would have access to everything I needed.
Every door […]
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