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Week 1 at home with Kyle - we survived 7 Feb 2011 | 08:00 am
Nothing like starting your SAHM career with a diagnosis of bronchitis and pneumonia! That was how our Monday started last week but thankfully things improved as the antibiotics did their work. As we h...
Big Changes Ahead: From Full-Time Worker to SAHM 30 Jan 2011 | 12:57 pm
About a month ago I made a fairly big (at least to me!) decision to quit full-time work and become a full-time stay at home mom. Not that any mom isn’t a full-time mom, but instead of spending my 9-5 ...
Customer Service Duel: Samsung vs Lexmark 19 Jan 2010 | 04:05 pm
Two VERY different experiences.Lexmark (faulty printer) Friendly customer service rep confirmed the problem quickly Sent me a new printer overnight. OVERNIGHT! I packed up faulty printer in the same b...
Guilting me into charity donations 13 Dec 2009 | 10:55 am
'tis the season for giving. And with such a tough year for so many people the giving is even more important than usual. I fully support being generous and helping where possible. However, I do take ex...
Christmas shopping as a new mama 4 Dec 2009 | 11:23 am
I do not like shopping. I especially do not like shopping with large crowds and overly cheery tunes of saccharine joy ringing in my ears. Yeah, I know. Bah. Hum. Bug. Throw a 3 month old infant into t...
Neat Cold FX campaign - I'm Athlete of the Year! 26 Nov 2009 | 11:54 am
According to BTV I'm athlete of the year! What? You've never heard of BTV? That's because it's a ColdFX news channel. That's right, cold medication is getting into handing out accolades and publishing...
Week 1 for Kyle 2 Sep 2009 | 01:53 pm
Hard to believe that it was just a week ago that Kyle arrived into our lives. I finally got around to uploading a few pix from the last week. He has lots of doting grandparents and aunts/uncles so the...
Is Password Masking Poor Usability? 25 Jun 2009 | 02:26 pm
My friend Dave C over at Djinn Software forwarded me Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for today and it got me thinking. Since I can't comment on the Alertbox directly (hate that!) I figured it was worth a blo...
Found my post baby 'get back in shape' goal 1 Jun 2009 | 02:01 am
I still have months to go before I'm anywhere near ready to run again. But at 6.5 months pregnant I'm already anticipating the day I can climb a flight of stairs without gasping for breath at the top....
Car rental companies - It's time to put customers first 29 May 2009 | 09:53 am
I generally don't like to make broad generalizations. However, after talking to 4 car rental companies, all with the same policy that puts the company needs ahead of the customers I'm making an except...
