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• Kitty, kids and a moral dilemma

  January 24, 2014

  A big entry just went up in smoke. Not OD's fault! Little One walked on the keyboard.She is recovering nicely from her surgery. I found the dog kennel from when Moodie was a pup and have it set up for her - a little blanket, a litter box and a spot to put her food…

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• 01/18/2014

  January 17, 2014

  The end of 2013 and start of 2014 has been pretty challenging ... Mother Nature has been a bitch (although I have only been affected peripherally) and work is just about killing me. My kiddies all seem to be doing well, so I can't attribute this 'mood' I'm in to worrying about them.I'm just going...

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• Remembrance Day

  November 10, 2013

  My dad was a WWII veteran. As he aged, he started talking more and more about the war. For many years, my sisters and I would make sure to be with him on November 11. Up until a couple years before he died, we would go to the cenotaph and he would march in the…

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• 09/29/2013

  September 28, 2013

  a couple questions:* what size of annual pay increase is reasonable? Cost of living plus a bit if you've worked extra hard or performed exceptionally well or a standard percentage regardless of your performance ...* would you expect an acknowledgement on your tenth anniversary? What? A $$ bonus? ...

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• 09/08/2013

  September 7, 2013

  I hope this site doesn't go down forever. It would be a huge loss ... I'd miss you guys. I have tried the other two places where some of my favs go to write, but they don't have the same sense of community (or at least I wasn't able to find it!)Speaking of community ...…

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• just in time …

  September 1, 2013

  So, after spending the last couple weeks working on my resume and cover letter for that job, I had everything perfected so I could submit it today. That was the first thing on today's to do list.Unfortunately, my laptop had other ideas.It would not start. You know when you see rays of light strea...

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• 08/31/2013

  August 30, 2013

  thanks to everyone for you input on my question <-- last entry. As it turns out, I can't apply for the executive assistant job anyway ... I was working on the application the other evening and read through the whole ad and noticed something I had missed before. The application period clos...

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• i need advice

  August 26, 2013

  So, there are TWO jobs posted for this company ... I think I qualify for both of them (Administrator ... and Executive Assistant).Do you think I should apply for both of them? It's a fairly small company so obviously the applications will be screened by the same person ... OR do I pick the one&he...

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• 08/21/2013

  August 20, 2013

  I woke up this morning when the 'credits' started to roll on my dream. I must have been almost awake because I thought (while still asleep) "this is odd! I've never had credits at the end of a dream! I guess the dream is over ... I wonder if I'm sleeping in!"I was sleeping in!…

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