Time.  It seems immutable.  We’re all clock watchers when we’re bored, and we all wonder where it went when we’re doing something we like.Time is the way that we know when to meet and where to be.  It keeps track of how long we’ve..
Topics: Saving Money, timesheet

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At my previous employer, every day before a holiday we were able to go home from work at roughly 3:00 pm.  At first I thought it was just a fluke—and then I realized that it was a standard rule.When I started with my current employer on November...
Topics: Christmas, Culture, gifts, holidays

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The other day we were sitting around the table and I said that I hated a certain thing—and there were gasps heard from my children.  “You’re not supposed to hate,” they told me.  I quickly explained that while it’s not okay to hate a..
Topics: Culture, hate

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Well, any time is really a great time to be pregnant, but winter especially so.  Why?  Because the baby helps to keep you warm!But seriously, we live in a great time for mom’s and babies in the sense that there are many things out there to help a mom.
Topics: clothing, maternity, pregnancy, Saving Money

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What does The Last Battle of the Chronicles of Narnia and Global Warming have in common?The past few months I’ve been reading to my boys the Chronicles of Narnia—starting with the first book around the time Prince Caspian came out in the theaters and.
Topics: Politics

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