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I came across this great article today on playtime, and how it has changed since I was a child. The gist of the article is pretty much how the media has made parents afraid for their kids to be out on their own, and it has contributed to the rise of organized sports helicopter parents.…
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When you were a child? What did you dream about? Every child has a dream of what they want to be when they grow up; my dream was to be a pediatric urologist, a dream that was never realized once I got to college and took my first chemistry class – no way was I…
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Mail – something everyone hates, because it usually means bills and junk mail. What about when something is not a bill? What do you think about when you get a card or letter in the mail? I have always been a card person. If I see a card at the store that reminds me of…
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October is my last month working on Relationship Management, and my strategy is “be open and be curious.” From TalentSmart, “Identify a few people you want to know better. Be curious about their lives and their interests. In addition, be more of an open book and share more about yourself.” Being open means sharing information…
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What a weekend. Saturday, Little Man spent the morning in his big boy undies (some awesome training pants I picked up earlier this summer). I am proud to say he spent almost 2 hours in them before he peed. As soon as it happened, he ran to Granma and me in the kitchen to get…
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I am getting ready to start potty training Little Man. Most people look at me like I’m nuts, because he is only 16 months old. Well, I actually planned on doing it over the summer, but it was not the right time. I have been doing so much research into this, even though I was…
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It seems to me that when it comes to skills, people either severely overestimate or underestimate the skills they have. I’m counting skills in baking, cooking, using tools, electrical, etc. There are a lot of areas where people are lacking skills they should have. The issue is that a lot of people don’t realize they…
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Today’s plan was to go to the pumpkin patch before lunch and nap time, but that ended up not being the case. Squatch had a phone interview at 11, and he poo-pooh-ed my suggestion to take the call at the farm while Little Man and I went in before him. He wanted to take his…
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Climate change…global warming…ice age…whatever you want to call it, it is the hot topic in the news right now. Spearheading the charge to combat climate change is a Nordic teenager who apparently sailed across the Atlantic in her bid to avoid heating the Earth anymore. Last week, thousands of teenagers, and younger children, walked out…
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Friday I was talking about unfinished business, and how I realized that I was restless due to the fact that I had several outstanding projects, as so some others in my home. Step one for any problem is identifying that you have a problem, and my realization was huge. It was like a huge weight…
Thoughts From The Loo 