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Google Reader

There’s millions of blogs and I can’t read everyone.  I can however subscribe via RSS feed and put some of my favorites in my Google Reader. Here’s a few posts I’ve read this morning. For the traveler … if you don’t want to travel after this, you’re not a traveler.  I want to go out…

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Take Care of Yourself First: Day 12

This is my great niece Natalie. She hands out smiles to anyone who wants one. She relies on me and trusts me. It’s my sacred duty to take care of her and be the greatest great aunt in the world. To that end, I make a solemn oath to take care of myself first.  I…

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Dear Santa

Dear Santa, I got what I need. A roof over my head, people who love me, food in my cabinets and ways to make a living. Blessings indeed! Take my gift to someone who needs a little help. There’s a man down the street who can’t find a job. Help him this year. That lady…

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6 Things: Gift for the Geek

Image by Mubina H via Flickr I have a folder in my email called “Business Tips”. When I get a email, usually from a list serve or someone I subscribe to, that I like and think I could use it later, I put it in this folder. My gift to you this year, is to…

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Attributes of a good cover letter

People are looking for work.  The competition is tough.  You’ve written your resume and tweeked it to match the job you are looking for (if you haven’t, do that first). DON’T JUST SEND IN THE RESUME. You need to announce yourself first.  A good cover letter will will make the reader want to meet you…

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Music Wanted

I love music.  Thing is, I usually listen to the same songs.  Today I found a cover of a song by Bruno Mars.  Yeah – that’s what I said.  Bruno who? Turns out, this kid is good. Expanding your activities is good for the soul.  It’s also good for business. Can anyone recommend other music…

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Work Quotes

Good, better, best Never let it rest Until your good is better and your better, best The highest reward for a person’s toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it. –  John Ruskin Even if you are on the right track you will still get run over if you…

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Hunter Devin – Day 11

This little guy was born at 6:46 this morning.  7 pounds 5 ounces and 21 inches long.  Hunter Devin Milius. My great nephew – welcome to the world. My heart is filled with love. 30 days of pictures with words geared to develop goals, values and such.  This is Day 11.

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Work today, heard tomorrow

“What we do in life echoes in eternity.” – Maximus So what can I do in the year of 2011 that will make a difference in the years to follow? That’s a pretty deep question.  Yesterday I had a conversation with my friend Cruzanne and we talked about what it was like to be women…

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Send a Christmas Card to my Dad

My dad has Alzheimers.  He doesn’t live at home anymore.  He’s safe and sound at the Rehabilitation Center in Hampton Iowa. It’s hard seeing someone you love go on that journey.  Slowly, they slip away from you.  The world his mind has created is nothing like mine.  The experts say to visit his world when…

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