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Archive for March, 2008

31Mar

Storing pictures: innovations in photo albums

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Disclaimer: This may be common knowledge, but the amount of time I’ve spent in craft stores over the course of my entire life is less than the amount of time it will take me to complete this post, so what I’m going to share with you is news to me. If you already know about [...]

Categories: Family, Organization
27Mar

Take a moment for something beautiful

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“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~Berthold Auerbach~
Take a moment and listen to this. If you’re in your office, close the door and turn up the volume. Put on headphones. Do whatever it takes to be able to focus on nothing but this music. It will take less than [...]

Categories: The Finer Things
25Mar

Avoid postage rate hikes and losing your mind looking for stamps

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While I rarely use stamps anymore, I can never seem to find one when I need it. When I manage to successfully rummage around and locate one, it’s usually so old that I have to find another one to make sure I have enough postage. *sigh* Wasted time, wasted money, and my electric bill looks [...]

Categories: Finances, Home, Work
24Mar

No, I wasn’t hit by a bus

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I flatter myself in imagining you’re all wondering why there hasn’t been a post in nearly a week. :) My sincere apologies. Remember how a while back I said work was going to get crazy for a while? That was a month and a-half ago and it’s still just as busy: no lunches, late nights [...]

Categories: Uncategorized
18Mar

How to: stop an infant from crying almost instantly

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As a new parent (my son turns 10 months old this week!) it can be easy to let a screaming child start to get under your skin and cause your stress level to rise. My son has been sick and teething over the last little bit (sorry for the less-frequent posting) which means he has [...]

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