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I don’t know how I do it either

October 16, 2011 2 Comments

I once heard from a co-worker at another job that he had reservations about hiring parents – that the commitments to children and spouse tended to take precedence over work.  I counter that, and say all the juggling we working parents to make us uniquely qualified to rule in the workplace.  Don’t believe me?  Read the …

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“Sorry, can’t hear you over the sound of that @#$% GUM CHEWING!!!”

October 6, 2011 2 Comments

All my life, I’ve had an aversion to what I call “mouth sounds”.  Chewing gum, sucking your teeth, picking your teeth – doesn’t matter.  Hearing those kind of sounds makes me want to go postal.  I get really anxious when I see people pull gum out of their pockets to chew, because I just know they’re going to go into full on cow-cud-chewing mode …

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Keeping IT Together – Meal Planning

May 14, 2011 1 Comment

I have a lot of friends, Facebook and otherwise, say things to me like “you are simply amazing how you manage to do everything you do”, “how do you manage to work full time and still do everything else”, and the truly dreaded, “I don’t know how you do it!” Truth is, I am far …

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