Working the Working Mom Guilt

These past few weeks, we have had a number of activities going on that have nothing to do with the adults but everything to do with the kids.  And that means adults have to drive the kids from place to …

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Moments in Leadership – Enable Others to Act

Ever have one of those days where your amazing leadership skills enable one of your team members to achieve all that they needed to and have the win of all wins? Yeah…this isn’t a story about that. It’s the story …

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Keeping IT Together – Meal Planning

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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 …

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Mom 2.0 Summit Recap

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So, you say to yourself, it’s been a while since IT Girl got back from Mom 2, where the heck is her recap post?  Everyone else who is everyone has already written theirs!   Was she taken out by the …

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Freakout Friday

It’s not enough that it’s the week before Sales Conference, and the end of our fiscal year, as has been previously mentioned.  Now, the fates are ganging up on me.  In fact, exactly when I think it can’t get any …

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Bustin' Loose

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Ever have that kind of day when you wake up thinking you can take on the world and it doesn’t work out that way?  You get dressed, head downstairs, and something happens to give you a sign that it’s not …

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Continuing my conversion to "haus-frau"

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Because my scrapbooking addition will be taking up more of my time, how will I be able to cook dinner for my hungry family?  Never fear, Let’s Dish  is here.  It’s a fun concept – grab a couple of friends, or …

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Leaving the "Mafia"

With the Writer’s Strike sucking up all the creativity in the world and forcing us to watch the likes of Paradise Hotel (yes, it’s coming back, but no you won’t get a hot link from me), a new scripted television …

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Snow Daze

UPDATE!  The schools in the area erred on the side of caution and cancelled school for today.  Me?  I’m sick, so I’m trapped in the house with the kids and a cold.  Fun stuff!  Little IT came home with a note …

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The Mommy "Wars"

I just got done reading The Mommy Wars by Leslie Morgan Steiner.  Normally, these books are like brussels sprouts to me – don’t like them, don’t want them, keep them as far away from me as possible.  This is surprising …

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There's no Alice Cooper song for this occasion

For most, school is already back in session or soon to be.  My 3rd grader (where did the time go?  Didn’t she start preschool, like, yesterday??) has her first day tomorrow.  A new school year means many things.  For parents, …

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Late for work

Today, I was slightly late for work because I overslept.  Luckily, I work from home two days a week, so my commute involved me walking downstairs to get some tea and then locking myself into the guest room to start my …

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